The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

After reading The Premonition, to what extent has your view of the US federal pandemic response changed? Explain your reasoning.

Which person in the book did you most identify with—and why?

What does Lewis mean when he says that the book is “about the curious talents of a society, [...] how those talents are wasted if not led, [and] how gaps open up between a society’s reputation and its performance” (xv)?