the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the U.S. Coronavirus response Slavitt, Andy 1966- creator text nyu New York St. Martin's Press 2021 monographic eng xvii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm From former head of Obamacare Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Slavitt chronicles what he saw and how much could have been prevented -- an unflinching investigation of the cultural, political, and economic drivers that led to unnecessary loss of life. With unparalleled access to the key players throughout the government on both sides of the aisle, the principal public figures, as well as the people working on the frontline involved in fighting the virus, Slavitt brings you into the room as fateful decisions are made and focuses on the people at the center of the political system, health care system, patients, and caregivers. The story that emerges is one of a country in which -- despite the heroics of many -- bad leadership, political and cultural fractures, and an unwillingness to sustain sacrifice light a fuse that is difficult to extinguish. 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. Andy Slavitt Includes index. COVID-19 (Enfermedad) Política gubernamental Estados Unidos COVID-19 Aspectos políticos y sociales Estados Unidos COVID-19 Pandemias HM 1101 S631p 2021 362.19624 9781250770165 1250770165 150709 20230410142403.0 120038