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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slavitt, Andy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects--United States.

COVID-19 (Disease).

COVID-19 (Disease)--Government policy--United States.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Government policy--United States.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Government policy.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects.

United States.

COVID-19.

Coronaviridae.

COVID-19--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

COVID-19.

Coronaviridae.

COVID-19--prevention & control.

Genre:

Political Science / Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martins Press, 2021.

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Is This Really Happening?

2. Unexploded Bombs

3. Waking Up Late

4. The Virus and the White House, Part I

5. The Virus and the White House, Part II

6. Trump Eats the Marshmallow

7. No One Left in Charge but the Virus

8. The Room Service Pandemic

9. The Folly of the Free Market Pandemic

10. Anti-Expert, Pro-Magic

11. Deniers, Fauxers, and Herders (Oh My)

12. The Work to Do.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781250770165

1250770165

OCLC:

1194869387

Publisher Number:

99987756949