{"id":4781,"date":"2025-11-11T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:57:00","slug":"starred-book-review-before-the-next-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=4781","title":{"rendered":"STARRED Book Review: Before the Next Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before the Next Crisis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Tista S. Ghosh<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Nonfiction \/ Medical \/ Public Health<\/p>\n

ISBN: <\/strong>9780231220934<\/p>\n

Print Length:<\/strong> 288 pages<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> Columbia University Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>An insightful study of the Covid-19 pandemic with the goal of mitigating a future crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tista Ghosh is an epidemiologist and award-winning journalist who has worked in public health for 15 years. At the center of the Covid-19 pandemic, she saw the issues that arose from a chronically underfunded and misunderstood system. Unfortunately, the risk of another pandemic is all too real. Our best chance of navigating one successfully is to look to humanity\u2019s response to Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Ghosh believes that there are several key areas we can focus on to improve everyone\u2019s odds in a similar situation. The first is the healthcare industry and their messaging of the crisis. The next is large employers and how they go about protecting their workers. The political side of things is important too. As are ordinary, everyday people.<\/p>\n

Before the Next Crisis<\/em> offers a fantastic summary of how the Covid-19 pandemic affected multiple sectors in the USA. It gives an overview of what was happening on a national level both in the healthcare field and on the political front. But deeper than this, it delves into the lives of ordinary people who were trying to survive during these events. It uncovers the uncertainty, frustration, and difficulties people had as they navigated unprecedented events.<\/p>\n

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The goal of Before the Next Crisis<\/em> is to determine what could have been done better during the Covid years in the hopes of implementing these systems if a new pandemic arises. On that front, it does a good job.<\/p>\n

The people\u2019s stories are from a diverse range. Different occupations, different political affiliation, different ages, and experiences. By going through the problems that these people had during Covid, it lays the groundwork for managing the same issues should there be a new crisis. Aside from this, though, reading about these people and their thoughts and experiences, is absolutely riveting. It\u2019s easy to understand why they have the qualms they may have had during Covid, because they\u2019re explained so eloquently. Knowing their situation gives true insight into why they may not have chosen to vaccinate or wear a mask. It discusses why things like political views or ethnicity may have shaped people\u2019s responses. It touches on the heart of the problem, US citizens\u2019 lack of public health literacy and lack of trust in those who understood the health crisis.<\/p>\n

As a lot of the public responses to the pandemic were shaped by trust issues, either with political parties, confusing media updates, or loss of trust in the healthcare industry, this is the key area that needs to be addressed. In Before the Next Crisis<\/em> Ghosh explains where these problems arose with a view of keeping the same issues from burgeoning in a future crisis. She also examines businesses or health practitioners who had a lot of success during Covid-19. Drawing from these examples and continuing to build on what we have learned from this epidemic will better prepare us for the future.<\/p>\n

This is a surprisingly optimistic book for one that delves so thoroughly into such a recent, divisive, and devastating crisis. Rather than focusing on the things that went wrong or that were managed poorly, Ghosh leans into the areas that nailed their responses to the pandemic. There\u2019s an emphasis on physical health, but the importance of mental health during an epidemic like this is also given weight.<\/p>\n

Before the Next Crisis<\/em> is a thoughtful, well-researched piece that retains its humanity while mapping a way to a safer future.<\/p>\n

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Before the Next Crisis by Tista S. Ghosh Genre: Nonfiction \/ Medical \/ Public Health ISBN: 9780231220934 Print Length: 288 pages Publisher: Columbia University Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen An insightful study of the Covid-19 pandemic with the goal of mitigating a future crisis Tista Ghosh is an epidemiologist and award-winning journalist who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}