Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic...

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Deborah Birx

Silent Invasion

The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before...

Deborah Birx

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Harper
30 January 2023

Biography: historical, political & military; Political leaders & leadership; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Virology (non-medical)

"""The most revealing pandemic book yet.""—The Atlantic

The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx.

In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across multiple presidential administrations—was asked to join the Trump White House Coronavirus Task Force and assist the already faltering federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For weeks, she’d been raising the alarm behind the scenes about what she saw happening in public—from the apparent lack of urgency at the White House to the routine downplaying of the risks to Americans. Once in the White House, she was tasked with helping fix the broken federal approach and making President Trump see the danger this virus posed to all of us.

Silent Invasion is the story of what she witnessed and lived for the next year—an eye-opening, inside account, detailed here for the first time, of the Trump Administration’s response to the greatest public health crisis in modern times. Regarded with suspicion in the West Wing from day one, Dr. Birx goes beyond the media speculation and political maneuvering to show what she was really up against in the Trump White House. Digging into the hard-fought victories, the costly mistakes, and the human drama surrounding the administration’s efforts, she examines the forces that crippled efforts to control the virus and explores why these blunders continue to haunt us today.

And yet amid the agonizing missteps were bright spots that point the way forward—the fastest vaccine creation in history, governors that put their citizens’ health first, and Tribal Nations that demonstrated the powerful role of community in curbing spread, despite their criminally underfunded healthcare systems. Collectively these successes reveal the valiant work of many who were committed to saving lives, as well as highlighting the dire need to reform our public health institutions, so they are nimble and resilient enough to confront the next pandemic.

With the pandemic now moving into its third year confounding two presidential administrations, Dr. Birx presents a story at once urgent and frustratingly unfinished, as Covid-19 continues to put thousands of American lives at risk. The end result is the most comprehensive and extensive accounting to date of the Trump Administration’s struggle to control the biggest health crisis in generations—a revelatory look at how we can learn from our mistakes and prevent this from happening again. "

By: Deborah Birx
Imprint: Harper
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 673g
ISBN: 9780063204232
ISBN 10: 0063204231
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 30 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Deborah Birx served in public health in the US government for over forty years, working for multiple presidential administrations in that time. A former member of the US Army, Dr. Birx worked at Walter Reed Medical Center when early cases of HIV/AIDS began to emerge, and she spent much of her career researching HIV and working around public health HIV issues. She's held positions at the National Institute of Health, Walter Reed, and the Centers of Disease Control, and prior to joining the White House, she was nominated by President Obama to serve as Ambassador-at-Large and US Global AIDS Coordinator as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. She served as White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator until March 2021. She lives in Washington, DC.

Reviews for Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late

"Earnest and exhaustive. — New York Times Book Review The best account we have so far of how Trump’s team botched the pandemic response so badly. . . . Significant . . . the book that should be an indispensable resource for future historians. . . . Deborah Birx offers more detail and nuance than anyone else. — The Atlantic There’s an underappreciated quiet heroism in the steadfast bureaucrat who day after day, for months on end, insists on seeking and spreading the truth. With Silent Invasion, Birx shows us she is a person of extraordinary tenacity who, armed with sound data and a deep sense of duty, fought corrupt forces to save lives as best she knew how. — Washington Post In-depth...In Silent Invasion, Birx reveals just how untenable her position was and, more importantly, what changes need to happen in order to win against the COVID-19 pandemic."" — People"