{"product_id":"covid-wars-a-true-story-from-both-sides-9781734233278","title":"Covid Wars: A True Story from Both Sides","description":"The reader is pulled through the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic as real people make decisions, discuss, argue, and engage public officials, all the while weaving in the principles and practice of Public Health in full measure - science, epidemiology, public policy, public reaction to public policy, the news and social media impact, economic initiatives, and raw politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe setting, Ravalli County, is the right place, where the author lives, where \u003cem\u003eYellowstone\u003c\/em\u003e is filmed, home of a BSL-4 lab, a place that voted 67% for Trump, not 90% - there are liberals. Home of a militia uprising a couple of decades ago, a place famous for forest and wildlands controversy. We'll meet the County Health Board, the Health Officer, a doctor who works at the hospital, the Public Health Director, a nurse who grew up here, the founders of Stand Together for Freedom, who pinned up posters that said \"Freedom Meeting,\" research scientists, alternative health advocates, anti-vaxers, liberals, conservatives, high school students who organize a Black Lives Matter protest, and business owners caught in the middle, arguing it out in Health Board meetings and on the streets.As the story unfolds, the reader is shown the best-of-the-best worldwide, why it works, and how it could be applied to America.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst is a series, COVID WARS, VAX WARS, How To Do Pandemics Better\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlattenhoff, Alex:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - University of Texas PhD (Awarded May 5, 2025). Associate Professor Southwestern University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlsen, James R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James R. Olsen, Jim, is an engineer by trade, having successfully led large-scale, multi-company defense and air traffic control projects. He developed a double-bottom line business inspired by Patagonia. The company engaged in a variety of markets, delivering embedded teams into large projects, property management, and a native plant greenhouse operation. The company engaged with the community, for example, producing the Hamilton Performing Arts Series for a year to transition from the school district to a non-profit. For the last 30 years, Jim has also been a volunteer grass-roots activist engaged in forest and wilderness advocacy, effective domestic abuse intervention, local food systems, community-based mental health crisis management, subdivisions and water quality, and biosafety. For the last ten years, Jim has focused on well-researched nonfiction books for the popular market. His writing hero is Erik Larson.","brand":"Breaking Wave Enterprises, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384443044114,"sku":"9781734233278","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2fb6f717-2d2e-41be-824e-3abce7e181fb.jpg?v=1750174187","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/covid-wars-a-true-story-from-both-sides-9781734233278","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}