Protecting the public's health during novel infectious disease outbreaks

Auteur :
Cummings, Louise
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009478762
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,1 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
250 g
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.