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Protecting the public's health during novel infectious disease outbreaks [electronic resource] / Louise Cummings.

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"This Element examines the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cattle and the COVID-19 pandemic. It contends that a group of arguments called the informal fallacies functioned as cognitive heuristics and facilitated public health reasoning during both crises. This tit...

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Online Access: Online Access (A-Z Journals and Newspapers)
Main Author: Cummings, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:Elements in health communication.
Subjects:
Health Communication
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > prevention & control
Public Health Practice
Risk Assessment
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Heuristics
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Summary:"This Element examines the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cattle and the COVID-19 pandemic. It contends that a group of arguments called the informal fallacies functioned as cognitive heuristics and facilitated public health reasoning during both crises. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781009342667 (online)
ISSN:2754-1037

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