Expanded Table of Contents

  • Prologue
    • Can the internet help people live through a pandemic?
    • What will you learn in this book?
    • Who should download and read this book?
    • Why is this book important?
    • What is new in the second edition?
  • Chapter 1: The COVID-19 pandemic
    • COVID-19
    • The virus and what is does
    • Symptoms
    • Transmission
    • Diagnosis
    • Public health measures
    • Protective measures
    • Treatment
    • Vaccine development
    • Prognosis and fatalities
    • Information technology for pandemic response
    • Mental health issues during the pandemic
    • Immunity and mutation of the virus
    • Epidemiology
    • Misinformation
    • Other animals
    • Clinical guidelines, research and additional information
  • Chapter 2: Getting care
    • How to get medical care for COVID-19
    • How to get medical care for other problems during the pandemic
    • How to get care for mental health issues during the pandemic
    • How to get dental and orthodontic care during the pandemic
    • How to get veterinary care during the pandemic
    • How to find valid medical information on the internet
    • How to stay healthy in general
  • Chapter 3: Schooling during COVID
    • Effective online teaching and learning
    • Equity
    • Parents and caregivers as partners
    • Education pods
    • Research is needed to understand possible learning loss in K-12
    • What about colleges and universities?
    • In closing
  • Chapter 4: Businesses, jobs, and work
    • Havoc in the economy
    • Communicate with customers and help save your small business
    • Conserving cash
    • Government can help
    • Pivot or die
    • Location, location, location
    • Meeting together from home
    • Message management
    • Document creation
    • Communicating informally
    • Working at home: much more than technology
    • In closing
  • Chapter 5: Finances
    • Government support
    • Staying afloat individually
    • Minorities, students, older workers
    • What is happening to the economy?
    • Diversification with private investments and real estate
    • The public capital markets
  • Chapter 6: Living well during COVID
    • Shopping
    • Cooking
    • Eating
    • Dining
    • Sports
    • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Games and DIY
    • Travel
    • Meeting potential partners
    • Sustaining relationships while apart
    • Community
    • Psychological distress
    • In closing
  • Chapter 7: Coping at home
    • Stress and anxiety are rampant
    • Coping under stress
    • Creative solutions
    • Multigenerational families
    • Roommate households
    • Precarious marriages
    • Domestic abuse and violence
  • Chapter 8: Seniors and other vulnerable populations
    • Senior Safety
    • Seniors in nursing home and retirement residences
    • Frail seniors living with a caregiver at home
    • Frail seniors living by themselves at home
    • Community support
    • Staying connected
    • Seniors and technology
    • Seniors in the pandemic’s second wave
    • People who are deaf or extremely hard of hearing
    • Homeless people
    • Prisoners
    • Migrant workers
    • Refugees
    • In closing
  • Epilogue
    • We are already living in the ‘new normal’
    • Scientific challenges and breakthroughs
    • The complicated road to economic recovery
    • The human spirit will persevere and prevail
    • Next steps in education
    • Technology will take us there … but is it where we want to go?
    • Living in a post-crisis world
  • Appendix A: Pandemic modeling
  • Appendix B: Safe internet use
    • Malware
    • Keep computer and phone hardware and software current
    • Use anti-virus software
    • Guard against phishing
    • Choose good passwords
    • Beware The Internet of Things
    • Access useful resources
  • About the authors
  • Acknowledgments