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c ov i d - 1 9 canadian essentials Series editor: Daniel Béland Provocative thinking and accessible writing are more necessary than ever to illuminate Canadian society and to understand the opportunities and challenges that Canada faces. A joint venture between McGill-Queen’s University Press and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, this series arms politically active readers with the understanding necessary for engaging in – and improving – public debate on the fundamental issues that have shaped our nation. Offering diverse and multidisciplinary perspectives on the leading subjects Canadians care about, Canadian Essentials seeks to make foundational and cutting-edge knowledge more accessible to informed citizens, practitioners, and students. Each title in this series aims to bolster individual action in order to support a better, more inclusive and dynamic country. Canadian Essentials welcomes proposals for concise and well-written books dealing with far-reaching and timely Canadian topics from a broad swath of authors, both within and outside of academia. 1 covid-19 A History Jacalyn Duffin C OV I D - 1 9 A History JACALYN DUFFIN McGill- Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Chicago © McGill- Queen’s University Press 2022 isbn 978-0-2280-1411-9 (cloth) isbn 978-0-2280-1508-6 (epdf) isbn 978-0-2280-1509-3 (epub) Legal deposit fourth quarter 2022 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: covid-19 : a history / Jacalyn Duffin. Names: Duffin, Jacalyn, author. Description: Series statement: Canadian essentials; 1 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20220272808 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220272891 | isbn 9780228014119 (cloth) | isbn 9780228015086 (ePDF) | isbn 9780228015093 (ePUB) Subjects: lcsh: covid-19 (Disease)—History. Classification: lcc ra644.c67 d84 2022 | ddc 614.5/92414—dc23 This book was typeset in Minion Pro. For essential workers everywhere and the memory of those who could not be saved Contents Tables and Figures | ix Acknowledgments | xi Introduction: covid-19 Unmasked | 3 Part One | The First Wave 1 It Begins | 11 2 covid-19 Comes to North America | 25 3 Le Tour du Monde: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Antipodes | 39 Part Two | History and Context 4 Cause: Germs, Viruses, Social Determinants, and Ecology | 55 5 Testing and Tracking | 66 6 Controls and Their Side Effects | 76 7 Treatments | 92 8 Vaccines | 107 Part Three | The Following Waves, and Beyond 9 Analyzing the Spread: Statistics, Damn Statistics, and Lies | 121 10 Beyond the Numbers | 143 11 Vaccine Wars | 162 12 Omicron and the Origins | 185 Conclusion: Looking Backward, Hoping Forward | 201 Index | 209 Tables and Figures tables 1.1 Timeline of some early who actions, 2020 | 21 3.1 Approximate date of first case, date of first-wave peak, and number of days to peak | 46 6.1 Cases and deaths per capita in Scandinavia and the Baltic as of December 2020 | 86 9.1 covid-19 in thirty-six countries, March 2021 and January 2022 | 124–5 figures 1.1 How the virus spread in China to February 2020 | 16 2.1 Editorial cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon, 12 June 2020 | 29 3.1 Editorial cartoon by Theo Moudakis, 11 March 2020 | 48 4.1 The first images of coronaviruses taken by J. Almeida with an electron microscope | 59 6.1 Editorial cartoon by Kevin Necessary, 19 April 2020 | 80 6.2 Comparison of relief packages: the 2007–09 financial crisis and early covid-19 | 90 7.1 Editorial cartoon by Dave Whamond, 2 July 2020 | 106 8.1 Number of articles per year on coronavirus spike protein, 1983 to 2021 | 113 9.1 Features of uk patients with covid-19 as of May 2020 | 122 9.2 Global confirmed seven-day average of new cases and deaths, January 2020 to January 2022 | 126–7 9.3 Incidence of covid-19 cases and deaths in Canada, March 2020 to December 2021 | 133

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