Pandemics, publics, and narrative /

'Pandemics, Publics, and Narrative' explores how members of the general public experienced the 2009 swine flu pandemic. It examines the stories related to us by individuals about what happened to them in 2009, their reflections on news and expert advice given to them, and how they consider...

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Main Authors: Davis, Mark (Author), Lohm, Davina, (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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Online Access:Oxford scholarship online
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520 8 |a 'Pandemics, Publics, and Narrative' explores how members of the general public experienced the 2009 swine flu pandemic. It examines the stories related to us by individuals about what happened to them in 2009, their reflections on news and expert advice given to them, and how they considered vaccination, social isolation, and other infection control measures. The text charts also the storytelling of public life, including the 'be alert, not alarmed' messages from the beginning of the outbreak through to the 'boy who cried wolf' problem that emerged later in the outbreak when the virus turned out to be less serious than first thought for most people. 
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650 0 |a H1N1 influenza. 
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