How to Survive a Pandemic | Dr. Greger’s 2020 update
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, 14 years after his now-classic Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching was published, Dr. Greger dove once again into the research and released How to Survive a Pandemic, an updated and expanded book on infectious zoonotic diseases. Borrow it from your local public library or purchase a copy.
Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching
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Praise for Bird Flu
“I wouldn’t hesitate to say that you have succeeded in producing a ‘best seller’ in the field of scientific books. Congratulations!”
—Nikos Charisis, DVM, World Health Organization Veterinary Officer
“It is an important contribution for all those engaged in trying to prepare for a pandemic flu.”
—Didier Houssin, MD, Chief Medical Officer and National Flu Coordinator of France
“A brilliant and captivating book, meticulously researched, beautifully and engagingly written with wit and grace, and argued with relentless logic. In addition to providing practical take-home tips for protecting oneself from the flu, the author elegantly demonstrates that the evolution of the devastating influenza virus, as well as that of numerous other zoonotic pathogens, stems directly from the proliferation of confinement agricultural systems. Every person concerned about human and animal health and welfare, self-preservation, and justice should read this book.”
—Bernard Rollin, PhD, Colorado State University Distinguished Professor
“[O]ne of the best-researched and documented books on the coming pandemic published to date. It is clearly written and in a form that is accessible for the non-scientist. Dr. Gieger has the admirable ability to make the complex medical and scientific minutiae understandable. This text provides the reader with an excellent background on the current situation and how we arrived here… This book is a must read for those wanting to get a grasp of the risk we face from the coming pandemic. It is well written and highly informative. I recommend it to anyone interested in becoming better informed about this threat to humankind.”
—Grattan Woodson, MD, FACP, Author of The Bird Flu Preparedness Planner and The Bird Flu Manual
“Dr. Greger does an excellent job. His writing is lucid and sensible, and his research complete. Bird Flu is a timely work and will be an excellent resource for scientists and laypersons alike.”
—Earl Brown, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa
“Michael Greger has taken on the formidable task of reviewing and synthesizing the many factors contingent upon chicken production that have brought us to the influenza threat the world now faces. Drawing upon scientific literature and media reports at large, Dr. Greger explores the hole we have dug for ourselves with our own unsavoury practices. . . . Michael Greger has achieved much in this volume. He has taken a major step toward balancing humanity’s account with animals.”
—Kennedy F. Shortridge, PhD, DSc(Hon), CBiol, FIBiol, Professor Emeritus at the University of Hong Kong
“I like its solid design, its broad scope and the extensive research you performed for it…"
—Jan C. de Jong, PhD, Senior Investigator, National Influenza Centre, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
“Your contribution to research is commendable…"
—Colonel George W. Korch, Jr., Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
“Many congratulations in writing a book that is at the same time so meticulously reseached and so completely readable - I stayed up late with it last night, and will be doing so the rest of the week! It’s a really great book and will certainly be recommending it to colleagues."
—Caroline Lucas, MEP, Member of the European Parliament
“Those in policy development and planning roles–particularly those involved in any pandemic flu planning–would be doing themselves a disservice if they did not take the time to review the information you have published and otherwise made available."
—Wayne Smith, Paulding County Georgia Public Safety Director
“I just wish to say that your book is brilliant… Your writing is admirably clear and terrifyingly comprehensive."
—Peter Hall, writer and director
“It’s the most astonishing book on food I have read since Upton Sinclair."
—Scott McPherson, Chief Information Officer, Florida House of Representatives
“[T]he very best of its kind…"
—Marilyn Bardsley, founder and executive editor of Court TV’s Crime Library
“Michael Greger’s work is imbued with deep commitment, discerning intelligence, and life-affirming compassion. His work is a gift to our times."
—John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution