Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: COVID-19 Unmasked 3
6. The First Wave
7. It Begins 11
8. COVID-19 Comes to North America 25
9. Le Tour du Monde: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Antipodes 39
10. History and Context
11. Cause: Germs, Viruses, Social Determinants, and Ecology 55
12. Testing and Tracking 66
13. Controls and Their Side Effects 76
14. Treatments 92
15. Vaccines 107
16. The Following Waves, and Beyond
17. Analyzing the Spread: Statistics, Damn Statistics, and Lies 121
18. Beyond the Numbers 143
19. Vaccine Wars 162
20. Omicron and the Origins 185
21. Conclusion: Looking Backward, Hoping Forward 201
22. Index 209