The COVID-19 Solutions Guide

by Ron Baecker, Gary Feldman, Judith Langer, Justin Stein

Overview

Emphasizing solutions to problems and 100 tips for success, this book is a guide to COVID clarity. Written by four accomplished and knowledgeable authors, it is the only comprehensive guide to staying alive in the era of COVID-19, sustaining your life, and surviving financially. It focuses especially on the helpful role of technology.

It has been updated to a Second Edition in December 2020. Please read our blog and monthly newsletter for continued updates in 2021, details at thecovidguide.com.

The Contents of the Second Edition has new material on:
1. The COVID-19 pandemic
2. Getting care
3. Schooling during COVID
4. Businesses, jobs, and work
5. Finances
6. Living well during COVID
7. Coping at home
8. Seniors and other vulnerable populations
A. Pandemic modeling
B. Safe internet use

Readers should be moderately comfortable with online technologies. You are keen to learn more about tech that can help you, your family, and your business. Although you have been flooded with data about the pandemic, not all of it reliable, you want one source with all valid information. You are curious about ways in which some people with courage and resourcefulness are thriving. This book will be of particular interest to entrepreneurs, small business owners, parents of school-age children, and government workers involved in COVID activities and policy decisions.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162997139
Publisher:	Ron Baecker
Publication date:	12/12/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ronald Baecker, PhD is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. He is also the founder of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) and the Technologies for Aging Gracefully Lab (TAGlab). In 2019, he wrote Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives, a critical analysis of the role that digital technologies play in our lives.

Gary Feldman, MD, FAAP, FABMG is a retired physician with board certification in pediatrics and medical genetics. For over 14 years, he was the Public Health Officer of Ventura and Riverside Counties in California - responsible for epidemic and infectious disease control for a population of over 2 million individuals. He also holds degrees in mathematics and computer science.

Judith Langer, PhD is the Vincent O’Leary Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Albany, State University of New York. From 1987 until 2019, she was the Co-Director of the National Research Center on Literature Teaching & Learning and is the Co-Director of the National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement.

Justin Stein is a financial advisor focused on helping families and business owners protect and manage risk, and also to diversify their capital in the markets. He specializes in private market and fund investments, and life insurance. He is a Licensed Dealing Representative and Life Insurance Agent, and a graduate of the University of Western Ontario.

Editorial Reviews

Professor Arvind Gupta, a former President of the University of British Columbia has described the book as: Equal parts down-to-earth advice on how to handle everyday life and an easy-to-understand description of the technical intricacies of pandemic modeling and vaccines.

The COVID-19 Solutions Guide is highly relevant to both experts and novices.

https://www.ottawalife.com/article/the-covid-19-solutions-guide-a-must-read-for-canadians?set_lang=en - OLM Staff

As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, technology, medical, literary and finance experts have published the COVID-19 Solutions Guide, which was released on June 17.

The COVID-19 Solutions Guide details ways readers can utilize technology to maintain normal lives during this challenging and unpredictable time. The real-life stories collected in the book cover personal, financial and emotional struggles.

http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2020/07/03/distinguished-experts-release-covid-19-solutions-guide-to-help-readers-navig - Ronny Hu

The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining event of the past 75 years, destined to continue for at least the next few years. This delightful book is a survival guide written by a broad array of experts. Equal parts down-to-earth advice on how to handle everyday life and an easy-to-understand description of the technical intricacies of pandemic modeling and vaccines, this book is highly relevant to both experts and novices.

https://thecovidguide.com/testimonials - Arvind Gupta

This comprehensive and considerate look at COVID-19 covers all the bases from mental health resources, navigating online learning, and healthcare to implications for your financial future. Possible ramifications of this world-shifting pandemic are explored, with resources and suggestions on how to cope. Sense-making is essential now and this guidebook is a critical tool for doing just that.

https://thecovidguide.com/testimonials - Carolyn DiCarlo

It's well written, well organized, hits a good blend of solid science and journalistic ease. In addition to being useful to people now, it seems to me that you have provided a great historical resource for those who will want to look back in the future. BRAVO!

https://thecovidguide.com/testimonials - Susan Lieberman