![]() ![]() I definitely recommend this to be picked up to have some views of the back ground workings of many government and nonprofit entities. His book ends shortly before March 2021, however he has some reflection in the end of what things may look like - what they might look like now (presently writing this in June 2021). He covers the transition, the way that decisions were made, the reason why the American Healthcare system makes it difficult to actually serve people, and then into the transition into the President Biden Administration. Slavitt's accounts, experiences, and knowledge in this book allowed me have faith that there are people with a good head on their shoulders attempting to put forth knowledge and leadership to help guide most out of this active pandemic. ![]() However, once I started to read, it was difficult to put down - even if it was making me quite angry, but no more so than I already had been watching as decisions were rolled out since March 2020. I was unsure about reading this book considering that the events described within are so fresh in my mind and still currently happening. Nobody can deny that we are in a much better position than those countries that are trying to guilt other countries into giving them the vaccine.Īndy Slavitt accounts his experience as a former President Obama administration staffer, helping with the rollout of the Affordable Healthcare plan, to the turnover to the new administration, and then jumps quickly to early 2020. You cannot bash the free market, capitalism, and our system without at least acknowledging that the same system produced three safe and effective vaccines (including two with a completely novel approach) and is manufacturing and distributing them at an astounding rate. I deducted a star because the author can’t help himself. I was particularly appalled by the conscious decision to set the states up for failure and create a situation to capitalize politically from a crisis of this magnitude. The full back story is just as unsettling. I watched an experimental and expensive therapy that is not available to the general public be administered to an individual that then told those same people that do not have access to that cutting edge treatment, not to be afraid of the virus. I watched a Lupus drug in short supply be approved for off label use against COVID without the data due to political pressure. I was required to wear a mask all day at work in my office by an administration that refused to wear them. I’ve been taught, and have known intuitively, that as a leader you endure the same hardships as those you lead. It is also consistent with what I observed over the past year. This is written by a partisan insider but is consistent with what I have read relative to decision making in the Trump Administration. And, he puts forth the solutions that will prevent us from being here again, ensuring a better, stronger country for everyone. Written in the tradition of The Big Short, Preventable continues Andy Slavitt’s important work of addressing the uncomfortable realities that brought America to this place. 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. 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. ![]() 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. Most recognizable and influential voices in healthcareįrom former Biden Senior Advisor Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. The book could have been called, ‘Outrageous.’ The story Andy Slavitt tells is not just about Trump’s monumental failures but also about the deeper ones that started long before, with our health system, our politics, and more.” -Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal ![]()
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