Protecting the public's health during novel infectious disease outbreaks
Auteur :
Cummings, Louise
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009342636
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,0 x 0,5 cm
Poids :
122 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element examines the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cattle and the COVID-19 pandemic. It contends that a group of arguments called the informal fallacies functioned as cognitive heuristics and facilitated public health reasoning during both crises. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.