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The Premonition

A Pandemic Story

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An edition of The Premonition (2021)

The Premonition

A Pandemic Story

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How three groups — a California public health official, an incidental virologist, and a presidential pandemic task force — came together to deal with viral infections, including COVID, and the American public-health system, including the Center for Disease Control.

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Cover of: The Premonition
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
May 04, 2021, W. W. Norton & Company
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Jul 27, 2021, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
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First Sentence

"Laura Glass was thirteen years old and entering the eighth grade at Jefferson Middle School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when she looked over her father’s shoulder to see what he was working on."

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Missing Americans
Page xiii
Part I
Prologue. The Looking Glass
Page 3
One. Dragon
Page 10
Two. The Making of a Public-Health Officer
Page 23
Three. The Pandemic Thinker
Page 50
Four. Stopping the Unstoppable
Page 78
Five. Clairvoyance
Page 112
Part II
Six. The Red Phone
Page 135
Seven. The Redneck Epidemiologist
Page 160
Eight. In Mann Gulch
Page 186
Nine. The L6
Page 209
Part III
Ten. The Bug in the System
Page 241
Eleven. Plastic Flowers
Page 270
Epilogue. The Sin of Omission
Page 297
Acknowledgments
Page 303

Edition Notes

Source title: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

Published in
New York, USA
Copyright Date
2021

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Library of Congress
RA644.C67L49 2021

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
xv, 304p
Number of pages
304
Weight
620 grams

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32040056M
ISBN 10
0393881555
ISBN 13
9780393881554
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Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL24232256W

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