Dr. Scott Atlas' Memoir: My Battle Against the COVID-19 Crisis in the Trump Administration

Margaret H.: If you want to know the truth about the pandemic, read this informative and eye-opening book by Dr. Scott Atlas. If you prefer to stay blinded to the truth, then don’t read it.

United States on Jan 24, 2024

SteveB: An excellent book that offers a valuable perspective on the pandemic and the governments response. Dr Atlas has no political agenda and only saw this as an overall public health issue. Unfortunately, I believe his voice was drowned out and minimized by many “less constructive” forces.

Many of the actions taken didn’t make sense to me at the time, but I thought (hoped) I was just missing something. This book addressed many of my questions and confirmed my belief that things could have been handled much better.

We’ll worth the read. Thank you Dr Atlas.

United States on Dec 19, 2023

DANIEL W SAWYER: I applaud this honest and painful look behind the curtains of the White House COVID Task Force. Dr. Atlas walked over red hot coals to alter the insane policies of Dr Fauci and Brix.

United States on Nov 25, 2023

Rogier F. van Vlissingen: If you want to untangle what was going on in the Trump White House during the Corona crisis, it is more like an episode of Yes! Prime MInister. Atlas represents a more down to earth, common-sense medical approach that would have provided a rational approach instead of the incredibly self-destructive hysteria of the Birx-Fauci-Redfield troika.
Having said that, it is also shocking to read the disastrous food habits of Dr. Scott Atlas, in the middle of a would-be pandemic where 2/3rds of deaths have 6+ comorbidities, and closer to 95% have at least 4 comorbidities. All of the comorbidities are induced by diet and lifestyle, and are perfectly preventable with diet and lifestyle. With a lifestyle medicine approach to public health, those "comorbidities" can all be prevented or reversed, and a whole foods, plant-based diet would be the first step and effectively 80% of the work.
Finally, this book still gives the benefit of the doubt to the vaccines. That is really a separate story.

United States on Feb 09, 2022

grafstefan: This book is important and necessary because it reveals how science and public health have been abandoned for the mere purpose to interfere in the presidential elections an avoid the re-election of Trump. Scott Atlas, as a Washington outlier, is an independent, competent and trustworthy voice to shed light over these malicious shenanigans.

Germany on Feb 03, 2022

Hassan Hawash: I liked this book because I felt that there are views at the top that don't agree with the dominant narrative. There must be more and more voices like Dr. Scott Atlas' that just don't get a chance to heard due to flagrant censorship.

This book resonated with what I have felt throughout this pandemic. The oppressive measures are punishing for so many leading to the conclusion that the cure is worse than the disease which Dr. Scott Atlas does touch on.
He shares with us with great passion his experiences during what was almost a four-month term as a health policy advisor to President Trump in the last segment of his presidency. Atlas found himself stymied despite all his hard data evidence supporting his stance to say lockdowns and facemasks, in particular, flew in the face of what many of the leading voices in scientific circles were saying as far as the efficacy of lockdowns including school closures, restrictions on movement and masking. He came to find that the task force was driven by two career medical bureaucrats in the names of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx. It eventually came to his attention that one compelling reason why alternative views other than the...

Canada on Jan 05, 2022

ana: Validated & frustrated, how can so many brilliant people make such stupid decisions! President Trump & his advisors should of demanded more, w must have panel of world renown experts! I’m in 100% agreement w Dr. Atlas, to deal w a “pandemic” you cannot rely on 3 doctors cut from the same cloth, one vs the three corrupted arrogant musketeers! We still need an entire crew of physicians specialist, mental health, & public health experts! In todays world we need both Democrats and Republicans equally divided to give us the real truth. The CDC, NIH, FDA must be restructured, all heads must be fired & new doctors w opposing political affiliations should be included. Our country cannot afford one sided of anything anymore.
Lockdown day 1, March 17, 2020 I knew this was never going to end. I live in Miami, Florida, now grateful for Ron DeSantis, but back then I was the Lone Ranger, no one saw what I saw; lockdowns did not make sense. How can anyone control a virus that was never containable? Why would the beaches & parks close down when being outdoors was and is the safest place to be? How can mask work when they cause so much respiratory damage & are a...

United States on Jan 01, 2022

MK: Everyone should read this book!

Canada on Dec 29, 2021

V. Schappert: Dr. Atlas was at the White House between about July 2020 through November 2020, so this book covers that timeframe in the decadent ruin that is Washington, D.C., plus a few months' prior when Dr. Atlas tackled the pandemic outside of government. So this is a pretty narrowly-focused book geopolitically (USA); functionally (perspective of a government outsider within the U.S. federal government); and in time (the bulk of the narrative taking place in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election). If you want to view things through a wider lens, I strongly recommend Alex Berenson's "Pandemia".

To me the unquestionable value of this book is describing in depth the cast of characters (mainly villains and idiots) who ran the U.S. government's response to the corona pandemic. Sadly, in telling this story, it will also depress you with how little an actual expert like Dr. Atlas could do to right things once the train was off the rails.

You see how the interplay between an angry, malevolent, media and an administration desperate to salvage a re-election led to disastrous decisions, such as: failing to sideline the Birxs and Faucis of the world; and entrusting the detail work...

Canada on Dec 27, 2021

slim one: Thanks, Dr. Atlas, for sharing your experiences. Thanks, for trying to offer a reasoned perspective and alternative approach. Thanks for detailing the struggles encountered besides the building evidence in support of your suggestions. Thanks for being principled. Most of all, thanks for trying. Your service and efforts are appreciated.

Canada on Dec 16, 2021