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Be kind, be calm, be safe : four weeks that shaped a pandemic / Bonnie Henry & Lynn Henry.

by Henry, Bonnie, Dr.

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Allen Lane, 2021.

Henry, Bonnie, Dr.

British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

Health officers -- British Columbia -- Biography.

Sisters -- British Columbia -- Biography.

COVID-19 (Disease) -- British Columbia -- History.

Epidemics -- British Columbia -- History -- 21st century.

9780735241855 (hc.)

207 p. : 22 cm.

"Dr. Bonnie Henry has been called one of the most effective public health figures in the world by The New York Times. She has been called a calming voice in a sea of coronavirus madness, and our hero in national newspapers. But in the waning days of 2019, when the first rumours of a strange respiratory ailment in Wuhan, China began to trickle into her office in British Colombia, these accolades lay in a barely imaginable future. Only weeks later, the whole world would look back on the previous year with the kind of nostalgia usually reserved for the distant past. With a staggering suddenness, our livelihoods, our closest relationships, our habits and our homes had all been transformed. In a moment when half-truths threatened to drown out the truth, when recklessness all too often exposed those around us to very real danger, and when it was difficult to tell paranoia from healthy respect for an invisible threat, Dr. Henry's transparency, humility, and humanity became a beacon for millions of Canadians. And her trademark enjoinder to be kind, be calm, and be safe became words for us all to live by. Coincidentally, Dr. Henry's sister, Lynn, arrived in BC for a long-planned visit on March 12, just as the virus revealed itself as a pandemic. For the four ensuing weeks, Lynn had rare insight into the whirlwind of Bonnie's daily life, with its moments of agony and gravity as well as its occasional episodes of levity and grace. Both a global story and a family story, 'Be kind, be calm, be safe' combines Lynn's observations and knowledge of Bonnie's personal and professional background with Bonnie's recollections of how and why decisions were made, to tell in a vivid way the dramatic tale of the four weeks that changed all our lives. 'Be kind, be calm, be safe' is about communication, leadership, and public trust; about the balance between politics and policy; and, at heart, about what and who we value, as individuals and a society." --From publisher.

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