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A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live—"excellent and timely." (The New Yorker)
 
Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics, contemporary analyses, and cutting-edge research from a range of scientific disciplines, bestselling author, physician, sociologist, and public health expert Nicholas A. Christakis explores what it means to live in a time of plague—an experience that is paradoxically uncommon to the vast majority of humans who are alive, yet deeply fundamental to our species.

Unleashing new divisions in our society as well as opportunities for cooperation, this 21st-century pandemic has upended our lives in ways that will test, but not vanquish, our already frayed collective culture. Featuring new, provocative arguments and vivid examples ranging across medicine, history, sociology, epidemiology, data science, and genetics, Apollo's Arrow envisions what happens when the great force of a deadly germ meets the enduring reality of our evolved social nature.
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“Seldom have we been gifted with a study of pandemic disease marked by such scope, wit, and erudition. Still rarer is one that appears while the rest of us scramble to make sense of a rapidly evolving crisis, one shaped by the very social forces that Nicholas Christakis has studied for decades. Apollo’s Arrow is more than history’s first draft. It will live on as a journal of the plague years, certainly, and it inspires as it instructs. Definitive, engaging, and astonishing. A tour-de-force.”―Paul Farmer, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Founder, Partners in Health

“The world is ravenous for deep and accurate information about the most important event in the 21st century. No one is deeper than Nicholas Christakis, who ticks every box of expertise: medical, epidemiological, social, psychological, economic, historical. This is the place to go to understand the phenomenon that has turned the world, and our lives, upside down. Apollo’s Arrow is gripping, enlightening, and vitally important.”―Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now

"In this brilliant and timely book, scientist, scholar, physician, and writer Nicholas Christakis shines the light of history on our dark moment, and illuminates it as no one else can. Insightful, informative, and urgently necessary, Apollo's Arrow is this year's must-must-read."―Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness

“Rich in psychological, sociological, and epidemiological insights, only Nicholas Christakis could write a book this comprehensive and profound and even optimistic during our national calamity."―Amy Cuddy, author of Presence

"Wow, what a feat this is — a fully developed book of extraordinary insight and superb narrative structure that was somehow written in the midst of a live-action recording of events. The journalist in me marvels. The failures Nicholas Christakis captures are so enormously discouraging, infuriating, and tragic. I can only imagine how long this book will be read for reasons beyond the obvious. I burned right through it and highly recommend it.”―Michael Koryta, author of If She Wakes

"Apollo’s Arrow shoots straight and true to explain the scientific and social aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Christakis’s background in biology, medicine, epidemiology, and sociology is a powerful formula for understanding this complex subject. I’m tempted to say that the gods created Christakis to write this book at this time. It is wise, vivid, and engaging."―William D. Nordhaus, author of The Climate Casino, and 2018 Nobel Laureate in Economics

“To capture the COVID-19 pandemic requires unusually broad and deep scholarship, and an ability to integrate the too-often siloed domains of science, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, psychology, politics, and history, among other fields. In Apollo’s Arrow, Nicholas Christakis accomplishes this challenging task as few others could, with unusual clarity and an endless array of surprising insights; this book will no doubt become essential reading for a very wide audience. A tour-de-force.”―Jeffrey Flier, MD, Former Dean of Harvard Medical School

"An instant history of an event that is by no means over. Exceptional. Magisterial."―Niall Ferguson, Times Literary Supplement

“Gripping. An indelible portrait of a world transformed.”―Hamilton Cain, Star-Tribune

“Authoritative...A welcome assessment of the reality of the epidemic that has changed our lives.”―Kirkus Reviews

“An excellent overview of the pandemic thus far, this work will be of interest to those seeking a full explanation of how we got where we are in terms of the virus and the direction we might be going.”―Library Journal

“Provocative…Astutely shows how pandemics are as much about our societies, values, and leaders as they are about pathogens.”―Samuel V. Scarpino, Science

"Excellent and timely."

―The New Yorker

About the Author

Nicholas A. Christakis is a physician and sociologist who explores the ancient origins and modern implications of human nature. He directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, where he is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, in the Departments of Sociology, Medicine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Statistics and Data Science, and Biomedical Engineering. He is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science, the co-author of Connected, and the author of Blueprint.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Spark; 1st edition (October 27, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316628212
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316628211
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Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, with appointments in the departments of Sociology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Statistics and Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Medicine.

Previously, he conducted research and taught for many years at Harvard University and at the University of Chicago. He was on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009. He worked as a hospice physician in underserved communities in Chicago and Boston until 2011.

Nowadays, he spends most of his time in the Human Nature Lab, where his team explores a broad set of ideas, including: understanding the evolutionary, genetic, and physiological bases of friendship; encouraging villages in the developing world to adopt new public health practices (working in locations in Honduras, India, and Uganda); mapping social networks in settings around the world; arranging people into online groups so that they behave better (such as being more cooperative and more truthful); developing artificial intelligence that helps humans address challenges in collective action; exploring the effect of social interactions on the human microbiome; and more. When he is not in the lab, he teaches at Yale University.

Christakis was elected a Fellow to the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2006, to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010, and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.

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The coronavirus changed how we lived, got us to stay in our homes for extended periods, wear masks, and became part of the political divide. Nicholas Christakis's book "Apollo's Arrow" puts the most recent epidemic in a historical and medical context. The book is already a bit out of date but remains a valuable volume to our understanding of what happened with Covid 19. The book can be a bit dull in parts, but given that Christakis is a physician and sociologist, his perspective is worthwhile. Christakis is also the co-author of an influential paper on "social contagion theory" and the co-director of the Institute for Network Science at Yale.We learned that the most recent pandemic was highly complex, which made the solution very difficult to find. The book begins with a discussion of the 1918 influenza and carries us through SARS in 2003 and many more public health threats. The author says, "What happened in 2020 was not new to our species. It was just new to us."The book also summarizes things we all got wrong during the early months of the coronavirus. It details how difficult Covid 19 has been to contain because, unlike SARS, it can be transmitted without symptoms and the political nature of mask-wearing.Even though the book is more medical than political, another takeaway is that as long as we are politically divided, it makes coming together to quash pandemics difficult. We have to believe in science, not political rants.
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Mary L. Johnston
5.0 out of 5 stars Pandemic put in perspective
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023
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The book was interesting and helped me understand how the pandemic was able to spread as it did. It also put it in context with past pandemics and how they were addressed and eventually ended. Most of all the author addressed that this pandemic involved social, economic and political issues and forces, as well as American concept of individual freedom. After reading Apollo's Arrow. I'm not sure enough people, including our leaders, have learned the lessons from this experience. The next pandemic may not be handled as well as it should or could because of this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Virus, An equal opportunity opponent
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Amidst the daily infection and morbidity reports comes the welcome and insightful overview of the Coronavirus as a national disaster and its impact in the present and future. The author ’s conversation is erudite, witty yet readable with historical incidents of past pandemics and how we did or did not react with lessons learned. Pandemics are not new occurring every 50 to 100 years. When we politicize and weaponize them and offer snake -oil solutions or hide our heads in the sand hoping everything will go away, they don’t. Our current crisis show how vulnerable we are necessitating everyone’s cooperation. This book is a must read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An important work but now slightly out of date
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2023
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Christakis provides a very through and systematic treatment of COVID-19 as it was occurring through the summer of 2020. He places this pandemic into its proper place with pervious pandemics and brilliantly discusses how we can use what we learned from previous pandemics to assist us with COVID-19. While he very thoroughly made use of the available scientific data, much of that data is now obsolete. Certainly a must read for anyone trying to understand why COVID-19 was treated the way it was but be aware that the author's political views begin to shine through in the back half of the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A detailed account of all aspects of COVID-19
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the most important and disruptive global event—in terms of impact on health, the political economy, and culture—of the twenty-first century. Understanding the details and full complexity of the pandemic, therefore, is a necessity for understanding the current state of the US and the world.

Achieving this nuanced perspective is not easy, however, considering the amount of misinformation, disinformation, and superficial black-and-white thinking circulating the web. That’s why it’s beneficial to be able to get the full picture on the pandemic from a source that is actually qualified to discuss it.

In Apollo’s Arrow, Nicholas Christaskis, a physician and sociologist from Yale University that has been tracking the virus from the beginning, covers the pandemic from all angles, including the epidemiological characteristics of the virus, the history of pandemics, mitigation and treatment options, psychological impact and reactions (both positive and negative), sources of misinformation, political negligence and mishandling, the development of treatments and vaccines, and possible outcomes over the next few years.

Christakis is uniquely qualified to write this book; as a physician and sociologist, he is able to explain both the epidemiological characteristics of the virus (including containment and treatment protocols) as well as the psychological and social aspects of our various responses to the virus. While the pandemic has undoubtedly deepened political polarization and summoned our inner demons, it has also brought out our better angels as demonstrated through countless acts of altruism and charity.

The COVID-19 pandemic is therefore complex both biologically and socially; not only are we learning about this new virus on the fly, we are simultaneously dealing with its psychological, social, and economic ramifications, forcing us to confront difficult tradeoffs and ambiguities on a daily basis, which Christakis effectively communicates in a deep yet clearly written way.

You will learn, for example, that while the virus is not as deadly as we first assumed, it is significantly deadlier than the seasonal flu, in terms of its higher rates of mortality and community transmission and its more dangerous physiological effects on the respiratory system, captured in the greater number of deaths, in absolute terms, compared to the flu (30,000–60,000 flu-related deaths per year in the US versus 243,000 COVID-19 deaths as of 11/13/2020).

COVID-19 has proven difficult to contain because, in addition to its high rate of transmission, infected individuals can transmit COVID-19 asymptomatically (unlike SARS). This makes contact tracing nearly impossible and makes quarantining the infected far less effective (they’ve already spread the disease in an asymptomatic state). This is why non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as mask wearing, social distancing, and prohibiting large gatherings are necessary to slow the spread of the virus. (Christakis notes how mask wearing has been politicized, but, epidemiologically speaking, is a very uncontroversial and effective method of reducing community transmission rates.)

The reader may wonder what the point of reducing the transmission rate (“flattening the curve”) is if the virus will not stop spreading until we hit herd immunity, which occurs when a high enough percentage of the community is immune to the virus, making the spread of COVID-19 from person to person unlikely. As Christakis explains, adopting measures to flatten the curve prevents unnecessary or excess deaths by (1) preventing a large number of deaths from occurring over a short period of time and thus avoiding overwhelming our healthcare system, (2) buying time so that vaccines or better treatment options can be developed, and (3) allowing time for the virus to potentially mutate into a less lethal form. All three factors can potentially lower the total number of deaths.

An effective and safe vaccine is our best bet because it allows us to achieve herd immunity without hundreds of thousands of excess deaths, although, as Christakis points out, there is no guarantee that a vaccine will become available anytime soon, as the fastest vaccine to ever be developed was the mumps vaccine—and that took four years (although some promising vaccines are currently in trials).

There is of course the question of whether or not closing down the economy is worth the lives it will save, but the evidence seems to suggest that even if a country chooses to remain open, as Sweden did, the economy will still suffer as people refuse to go out—leaving you with a depressed economy AND a higher death count. Even Sweden—the only Nordic country not to implement widespread lockdown—has since reversed its course after experiencing higher infection rates and deaths, as Christakis points out.

The reader of course can decide for themselves how to evaluate the tradeoffs, and must confront difficult questions such as whether or not a mass lockdown is justified, whether a vaccine will actually become available in time, how much personal risk they are willing to bear, and how their own personal and political biases might be affecting their own judgment. But if you take anything away from the book, it should be (1) the pandemic is complex and these are not easy questions, (2) trust the science and credible sources and argue with facts, not conspiracy theories, and (3) our ability to bind together to fight the virus as a common enemy—and stop fighting each other—is the key to keeping the virus in check and preventing excess deaths (by following long established NPIs, not as a political badge of honor, but as scientifically-grounded measures of containment).
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Paul Hofheinz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, timely, moving
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020
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A lovely book that captures in medical and historical terms these extraordinary times that we have been living through. As Prof Christakis says, there's nothing new about panedmics. What's new in all of this is that it is new to us. The book embarks on a tour d'horizon of the past, present and future of pandemics, reducing extremely technical material to arguments any lay person can follow and absorb. It helped me to understand how to think about the virus. And moved me deeply with its grace, humility and enormous human heart. Recommended.
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Colleen K.
3.0 out of 5 stars I've never read a book where I remembered so little upon finishing it. Is that good or bad?
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2021
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I don't think I've ever read a book where I remembered so little upon finishing it. It makes reviewing this book a unique challenge. I learned little from this book because I have already spent hundreds of hours over the last year reading about the coronavirus and history of pandemics from various sources. There has to be value in condensing that all into one location. The fact that nothing stood out as outrageous or false is surely to be lauded. On the other hand the value of this book is sure to drop significantly over time. There are a lot of unanswered questions today that will be better addressed in the future when the picture is clear and more data can be analyzed.

Perhaps there is more value than I realize in putting this all together in one place at this point in time. I assume others that have not done as much research will get more out of it. Perhaps it will also be useful in grounding people lost to conspiracy or following charlatans that have used uncertainty to sow discord and grasp at fleeting popularity. I suspect that this book is not enough to bring them back and that there are too many unknowns and unanswered questions to break through the armor created by self-righteous and anti-mainstream thinking that permeates society today.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great overview of the COVID19 pandemic with great historical references....
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022
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This is a fantastic book that walks through many of the phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing references to previous plagues and pandemics over time. If you already know everything, this book probably isn't for you. If you are interested in learning about the path followed, the missteps, the successes, etc. this is the book for you.
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Sergio Marmen
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, Enjoyable
Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2021
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Full of info that I didn't know even after a year of pandemic. I'm not a scientist in a related field, I'm an average guy. This book was insanely informative! Walking through the first few cases, how some spread widely and others didn't. What we understand and what we still didn't as of Aug 2020 (and still don't today). Just the first 3 chapters was worth the purchase to me.

This is one of those books I'll end up sharing & discussing. I'm almost finished reading. Loving it
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5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, Enjoyable
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Full of info that I didn't know even after a year of pandemic. I'm not a scientist in a related field, I'm an average guy. This book was insanely informative! Walking through the first few cases, how some spread widely and others didn't. What we understand and what we still didn't as of Aug 2020 (and still don't today). Just the first 3 chapters was worth the purchase to me.

This is one of those books I'll end up sharing & discussing. I'm almost finished reading. Loving it
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4.0 out of 5 stars Muy actual
Reviewed in Mexico on March 29, 2021
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Explica bien y lo suficientemente coloquial como para poder entender la pandemia.
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Luisane
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente revisão da pandemia de COVID-19,
Reviewed in Brazil on December 27, 2020
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Excelente, escrito por um expert no tema. Ao passo em que discute os aspectos mais relevantes da atual pandemia, apresenta conceitos epidemiológicos de forma bastante didática. Infelizmente, não descreve os aspectos relativos às vacinas, pois foi terminado antes de seu anúncio. Espero que haja uma continuação, a qual poderia de chamar “ Breaking Apollo’s Arrow”. Obviamente, não há muitos dados sobre o Brasil. Mas isso não diminui seu valor para os leitires brasileiros. Recomendo.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Reading of this book should be mandatory
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2022
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Along with vaccines and social distancing, there is no substitute for knowledge as a means to deal with the crisis we have faced and reading this book will give you that knowledge. This is not a list of opinions, but the science of pandemics laid bare and written almost like a novel with no scientific grounding required. That said, it is also a terrific summary of the evidence for those of us who do have a grounding in science and/or work in frontline medical care.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Imprescindible
Reviewed in Spain on March 17, 2021
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Libro imprescindible para entender a lo que nos estamos enfrentado a día de hoy. Si acaso muy centrado en EEUU pero en general un libro que te ordena las ideas sobre el COVID y que merece la pena.
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