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From KQED.

From KQED.

From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim.

Coming up on forum, Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and The Big Short,

has applied his talent for breaking down complex systems and finding the heroes to the pandemic.

In his new book, The Premonition, Lewis profiles people who saw the dangers of COVID-19 early, including a California public health official, but faced hurdle after hurdle trying to get people in power to respond.

We'll talk with Lewis about how the pandemic exploited some of America's worst instincts, including waiting until

it's politically convenient to act. Join us. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. When word began to emerge that a virus was circulating

in Wuhan, there were people in the U.S. who had a sense of the virus's real dangers. These

are some of the people, Michael Lewis, profiles, in his new book, The Premonition.

But what unfolds as they try to sound the alarm is a story of missed opportunities, bureaucratic red tape, and officials failing to act.

As of this month, 579,000 Americans have died of COVID-19.

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