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Author:

Slavitt, Andy, author.

Title:

Preventable : the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the U.S. Coronavirus response / Andy Slavitt.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martins Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvii, 315 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects--United States.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Government policy--United States.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Government policy--United States.
Medical policy--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-301) and index.

Contents:

Is this really happening? -- Unexploded bombs -- Waking up late -- The virus and the White House, Part I -- The virus and the White House, Part II -- Trump eats the marshmallow -- No one left in charge but the virus -- The room service pandemic -- The folly of the free market pandemic -- Anti-expert, pro-magic -- Deniers, Fauxers, and herders (oh my) -- The work to do.

Summary:

The former head of Obamacare presents an inside account of the US's failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic, chronicling what he saw and how much could have been prevented, and investigating the cultural, political and economic drivers that led to unnecessary loss of life.

ISBN:

1250770165
9781250770165

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1255608746

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TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)