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Prologue: Covered in death -- The invisible enemy -- Like water through a net -- Trapped at sea -- Testing, testing -- The panic -- The shutdown -- Dr. Brix -- Dr. Fauci -- Of masks and men -- "Liberate" -- Pharmacist in chief -- Remdesivir -- Jared's shadow task force -- The downfall of the health agencies -- From bad to worse -- The second wave -- Opening day -- Atlas, shrug -- A shot in the dark -- Long live the king -- Judgment day -- Epilogue. |
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From two reporters for the Washington Post comes an account of the Trump administration's handling, and mishandling, of the coronavirus outbreak, a once-in-a-century pandemic that upended life across the globe that resulted in hundreds of thousands of lives lost, a cratered economy, and the remaking of the U.S. as an unwieldy pariah in the global hierarchy. |
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"Since the day Donald Trump was elected, his critics warned that an unexpected crisis would test the former reality-television host--and they predicted that the president would prove unable to meet the moment. In 2020, that crisis came to pass, with the outcomes more devastating and consequential than anyone dared to imagine. Nightmare Scenario is the complete story of Donald Trump's handling--and mishandling--of the COVID-19 catastrophe, during the period of January 2020 up to Election Day that year. Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta take us deep inside the White House, from the Situation Room to the Oval Office, to show how the members of the administration launched an all-out war against the health agencies, doctors, and scientific communities, all in their futile attempts to wish away the worst global pandemic in a century. From the initial discovery of this new coronavirus, President Trump refused to take responsibility, disputed the recommendations of his own pandemic task force, claimed the virus would "just disappear," mocked advocates for safe-health practices, and encouraged his base and the entire GOP to ignore or rescind public health safety measures. Abutaleb and Paletta reveal the numerous times officials tried to dissuade Trump from following his worst impulses as he defied recommendations from the experts and even members of his own administration. And they show how the petty backstabbing and rivalries among cabinet members, staff, and aides created a toxic environment of blame, sycophancy, and political pressure that did profound damage to the public health institutions that Americans needed the most during this time. Even after an outbreak in the fall that swept through the White House and infected Trump himself, he remained defiant in his approach to the virus, very likely costing him his own reelection. Based on exhaustive reporting and hundreds of hours of interviews from inside the disaster zone at all levels of authority, Nightmare |
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Scenario is a riveting account of how the United States government failed its people as never before, a tragedy whose devastating aftershocks will linger and be felt by generations to come." Provided by publisher |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] HarperAudio 2021 Available via World Wide Web. |
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Trump, Donald, 1946-
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Government policy -- United States.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects -- United States.
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COVID-19 (Disease)
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Medical policy.
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Instructional and educational works.
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SARS-CoV-2 -- prevention & control (DNLM)D000086402Q000517 |
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COVID-19 |
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Health Policy |
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United States |
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COVID-19 -- Politique gouvernementale -- États-Unis. |
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COVID-19 -- Aspect économique. |
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COVID-19 -- Aspect social. |
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Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis. |
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COVID-19. |
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Politique sanitaire. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst02021810
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst02021820
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01984649
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Trump, Donald, 1946- (OCoLC)fst00174117 |
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020- ) (OCoLC)fst02024716 |
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Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
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Instructional and educational works.
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Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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Electronic audio books.
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Downloadable audiobooks.
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Paletta, Damian, author.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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9780063066083 ODA (electronic audio bk.) |
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