What Went Wrong: America’s Covid Response and Lessons for the Future

America’s response to Covid cost too many lives, set our children back in their education, and forever damaged our trust in our government. In this book, a leading bioethicist reveals how the best intentions resulted in disastrous consequences for our nation. To honor the lives lost, we must learn from our mistakes before the next crisis hits.

Gregory Pence is an award-winning bioethicist with nearly 50 years’ of experience in the field, teaching at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center. His books include Pandemic Bioethics, Brave New Bioethics, How to Build a Better Human: An Ethical Blueprint, and Overcoming Addiction: Seven Imperfect Solutions and the End of America’s Greatest Epidemic. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama.