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Preventable : the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the U.S. Coronavirus response  Cover Image Book Book

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

Slavitt, Andy, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250770165
  • ISBN: 1250770165
  • Physical Description: xvii, 315 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martins Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-301) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
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.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 362.1962 SLAVITT 2021 (Text) 0001002455309 Nonfiction Available -


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