Download or read book Navigating the Pandemic: Talking Sense and Sensibility about Covid-19 written by Poh Lian Lim and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the opening days of 2020, the world learnt of a terrifying outbreak unfolding in China. In Singapore, as in other Asian countries scarred by the 2003 outbreak of SARS, a collective shiver went down the spines of health authorities. The great pandemic of the 21st century turned out to be, not a 1918-like influenza event, but a novel coronavirus, SARS CoV 2.This book is a warm and honest discussion of facts, uncertainties, and experiences by an infectious disease expert working on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic in Singapore. It distills medical, public health and personal insights that may be helpful to anyone trying to understand COVID-19, and how individuals, communities and countries can try to navigate the evolving impact of this pandemic that we are all grappling with.