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Post: Book Report: “World War C – Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How To Prepare for the Next One” by Sanjay Gupta, MD

As an industrial hygienist, we found this book a fascinating read.  So you can understand why we say “as an industrial hygienist” let’s discuss what industrial hygiene is.  “Industrial Hygiene (IH) is a science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation of protection from those environmental factors or stresses arising in or from the workplace which may cause sickness, impaired health, and well-being, or significant discomfort among workers or among citizens of the community.”  To learn more about IH click here.
 
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic has been the most significant environmental factor of modern times it was interesting to read the number of meetings and the decisions made.  The book goes through discussions with many of the people making the decisions during COVID and was interesting how then Vice President Mike Pence understood the need to let the scientists do their job.  The section of the book covering how vaccinations work especially these newer mRNA vaccines and how they help the immune system repel invaders was informational and understandable.


Part 2 of the book, gives common sense recommendations for becoming pandemic-proof.  Becoming pandemic P.R.O.O.F. is actually an acronym for:
  • P – Plan ahead.
  • R – Rethink and rewire risk in your brain.
  • O – Optimize health.
  • O – Organize Family
  • F – Fight for the future of us.  
Obviously, part 2 goes into each of these giving recommendations.  These recommendations came from the “hundreds of hours of the writer’s conversations with experts from all disciplines of our society.”  Some of these recommendations are for our country but others are recommendations many of us could put into place for ourselves.   One of our favorite chapters was the chapter on “Rethink and Rewire Risk in Your Brain.”  Obviously, at the beginning of this pandemic, very few of us had the knowledge of how to evaluate the risk involved.  But now we do.  The section specifically on avoiding traps was very interesting because of how many of us have these traps and how many friends and clients when discussing COVID had these traps.

If you’re into reading readable scientific books we recommend reading this one.
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Angelo Garcia, III, CIEC, CEOP, Principal-Industrial Hygienist

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