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Dark Winter

An insider's guide to pandemics and biosecurity

Author: Raina MacIntyre  

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Thrilling and Timely: Dark Winter by Raina MacIntyre is the Must-Read Pandemic Fiction of the Year!

World-renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.

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Thrilling and Timely: Dark Winter by Raina MacIntyre is the Must-Read Pandemic Fiction of the Year!

World-renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.

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A SWEEPING JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF PANDEMICS AND BIOSECURITY.

In Dark Winter, world-leading epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre provides insights into historical biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She reveals a recurrent theme of denial, silence and cover-up around unnatural epidemics and the powerful vested interests at play. Using the lens of history, MacIntyre also provides a glimpse into new frontiers of biosecurity. Dark Winter outlines quantum advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology, and a future where human genome editing and resurrection of extinct viruses might be the norm. MacIntyre argues that the solution to the existential threat we face from biotechnology will not come from scientists, but from the community having a voice in the future of the planet and humanity.

'Here is what we all need - clear evidence about COVID-19, its origins, treatment, and consequences. Professor MacIntyre's conclusions are often shocking, but her only bias is in favour of the empirical truth.' - Alison Broinowski

'Dark Winter does an excellent and balanced job of providing important facts that we as a society all need to know to better understand how to deal with natural and artificial pandemics. Whether discussing past examples of lab leaks, common misconceptions and misinformation about how diseases spread, or the social dynamics of epidemiology and public health as a profession, Raina combines superb writing skill with an informed perspective grounded in both the last two centuries of human history and lessons from her own work.' - Vitalik Buterin

'...a powerful, important and essential work.' - The Saturday Paper

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Raina MacIntyre is a physician, epidemiologist and Professor of Global Biosecurity at UNSW and adjunct Professor at Arizona State University. She leads research in epidemic control, vaccinology and aerosol science. She is an expert in outbreak detection and mitigation, including that arising from bioterrorism and biological warfare. She has a 28-year track record in pandemics, epidemic infections, serious emerging infections, vaccines and control of respiratory viruses. She has worked as a clinician in hospitals, as an epidemiologist in a health department and as a researcher. In 2022, MacIntyre won the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and Innovation.

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A SWEEPING JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF PANDEMICS AND BIOSECURITY. In Dark Winter , world-leading epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre provides insights into historical biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She reveals a recurrent theme of denial, silence and cover-up around unnatural epidemics and the powerful vested interests at play. Using the lens of history, MacIntyre also provides a glimpse into new frontiers of biosecurity. Dark Winter outlines quantum advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology, and a future where human genome editing and resurrection of extinct viruses might be the norm. MacIntyre argues that the solution to the existential threat we face from biotechnology will not come from scientists, but from the community having a voice in the future of the planet and humanity. 'Here is what we all need -- clear evidence about COVID-19, its origins, treatment, and consequences. Professor MacIntyre's conclusions are often shocking, but her only bias is in favour of the empirical truth.' -- Alison Broinowski ' Dark Winter does an excellent and balanced job of providing important facts that we as a society all need to know to better understand how to deal with natural and artificial pandemics. Whether discussing past examples of lab leaks, common misconceptions and misinformation about how diseases spread, or the social dynamics of epidemiology and public health as a profession, Raina combines superb writing skill with an informed perspective grounded in both the last two centuries of human history and lessons from her own work.' -- Vitalik Buterin

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Publisher
NewSouth Publishing
Published
1st November 2022
Pages
272
ISBN
9781742237671

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04 Sep, 2023
This was a great book and very much an eye opener to the science and industry.
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