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Heroes and villains of the pandemic in America

Two new books describe how the American public was essentially abandoned by the CDC, and only saved by the actions of a small group known as the Wolverines

Joe DeRisi, one of the Wolverines. [Getty Images]
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  • The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

    Michael Lewis

    Allen Lane, pp. 320, £25

  • The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

    Lawrence Wright

    Allen Lane, pp. 336, £20

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