The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
by Michael Lewis
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“Just finished the book and wow. SO good. The US healthcare system is an absolute shit show (surprising no one). But having worked at the CDC for a brief moment in time and seeing how the nation’s highest public health agency works, there was no hope for us. It’s all political. | Of Michael Lewis’s 15 amazing books his new one, THE PREMONITION, is the most gripping and the most consequential. The best yet on Covid, one of the best ever on government malfunction. | The extraordinary book, The Premonition, by Michael Lewis, is the subject of our conversation. It gets behinds the scenes of public health/CDC long before and during the pandemic. We spoke just days before the fatal car accident of his 19yearold daughter | This book is a great prompt to appreciate people who are good at their jobs; diverse life stories where people bring foresight, learning, & risk taking to the serious things they’re responsible for. It’s great.”
Source →“Just finished the book and wow. SO good. The US healthcare system is an absolute shit show (surprising no one). But having worked at the CDC for a brief moment in time and seeing how the nation’s highest public health agency works, there was no hope for us. It’s all political. | Of Michael Lewis’s 15 amazing books his new one, THE PREMONITION, is the most gripping and the most consequential. The best yet on Covid, one of the best ever on government malfunction. | The extraordinary book, The Premonition, by Michael Lewis, is the subject of our conversation. It gets behinds the scenes of public health/CDC long before and during the pandemic. We spoke just days before the fatal car accident of his 19yearold daughter | This book is a great prompt to appreciate people who are good at their jobs; diverse life stories where people bring foresight, learning, & risk taking to the serious things they’re responsible for. It’s great.”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Stewart Brand and Kelly Vaughn
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and Science.
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about.Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worstcase scenarios. Michael Lewis’s taut and brill...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and Science.
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Stewart Brand
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“Just finished the book and wow. SO good. The US healthcare system is an absolute shit show (surprising no one). But having worked at the CDC for a brief moment in time and seeing how the nation’s highest public health agency works, there was no hope for us. It’s all political. | Of Michael Lewis’s 15 amazing books his new one, THE PREMONITION, is the most gripping and the most consequential. The best yet on Covid, one of the best ever on government malfunction. | The extraordinary book, The Premonition, by Michael Lewis, is the subject of our conversation. It gets behinds the scenes of public health/CDC long before and during the pandemic. We spoke just days before the fatal car accident of his 19yearold daughter | This book is a great prompt to appreciate people who are good at their jobs; diverse life stories where people bring foresight, learning, & risk taking to the serious things they’re responsible for. It’s great.”
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