Everyone experienced the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, but outcomes varied from local communities to states in America, to countries around the globe. I live in New York which became the epicenter of pandemic death, yet any solid information was lacking and misinformation was always a possibility. I was very interested to read Klinenberg's sociological study of the first pandemic year to finally understand the extent of this disaster.
He covered an extensive amount in this book, both on the micro and the macro levels. Evaluating how various countries successfully tamped down covid and saved their populations, he found that positive leadership and a communal desire to play by the rules were paramount to a good outcome. Along with answering the big questions, Klinenberg also addressed the pandemic through seven first person accounts from people in all boroughs of New York City. Bringing experiences down to the personal level gave the reader a way to immediately identify how people felt and how they coped with the unthinkable.
The book was very enlightening-I hope that people in positions to affect change in the next crisis will have read his observations and gotten some clues on how to manage this better.
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