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Uncontrolled Spread
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Uncontrolled Spread

Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic

Scott Gottlieb
Harper, 2021

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In painstaking detail, former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb dissects the United States’ fumbling response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a shortage of surgical masks to the diagnostic tests that didn’t work, Gottlieb exposes the institutional weaknesses that kept the nation unaware of how and where the virus was spreading; that ignorance led to ineffective mitigation efforts. Gottlieb offers an insider’s perspective on the unfolding crisis and shares his well-informed views on how the United States can better prepare for the next health emergency.

Take-Aways

  • The United States was not ready to mount an effective defense against the novel coronavirus.
  • In January 2020, China reported that a mystery disease had hit the city of Wuhan.
  • The US “pandemic playbook” proved ill-suited to COVID-19.

About the Author

Former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration Scott Gottlieb, MD, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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