Dr Nikolai Varga
epidemiologist
Methodical; follow the chains of transmission
Outbreak
Three cases in a week and a parents’ group spreading rumours. Aisha learns how outbreaks are traced and controlled, and how to rebuild trust with parents who have stopped believing official advice.
Planned · not started yet
Health & medicine Ethics & integrity Living with uncertainty School or campus Hospital or clinic Tense Bracing
The premise
Three cases in a week and a parents’ group spreading rumours. Aisha learns how outbreaks are traced and controlled, and how to rebuild trust with parents who have stopped believing official advice.
The protagonist
Aisha Castillo-Halberg — School nurse during a measles outbreak
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Dr Lisbeth Moreau
public-health consultant
Diplomatic; trust is a health resource
Jamal Fairweather
science communicator
Engaging; explain without lecturing
How the story moves
Six weeks of outbreak; tracing the source reveals how misinformation spread, and the community meeting is the turning point.
What readers take away
- How measles spreads
- Contact tracing
- Vaccination evidence
- Herd immunity
- Exclusion and isolation rules
- Risk communication
- Countering misinformation
- Rebuilding community trust
- Understand incubation and infectious periods
- Use exclusion rules for schools
- Write clear messages for parents
- Support catch-up vaccination
The books
- 1Case one Planned
- 2Tracing Planned
- 3The meeting Planned
- 4Contained Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.