STAT September 24, 2021
Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb can now add published author to his long list of titles, which also includes board member of Pfizer and Illumina, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and CNBC contributor. His book about the pandemic, “Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic,” was released Tuesday. He spoke with STAT to discuss his book, his thoughts on the pandemic, and much more.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
One of the themes in your book is how we thought we were prepared for something like this. You point out that all those plans turned out to be what you call a ‘technocratic illusion,’ which is just such...