The event was sponsored by UCSC’s Global and Community Health Program. She has received the Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award, and Polk Award (twice) for her work.Ĭhancellor Cynthia Larive introduced Garrett, noting that “her work reflects our deep campuswide commitment to social justice, to science, truth, and community engagement, and her association with UC Santa Cruz is a source of pride for me and for our campus.”

Garrett’s books include The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World out of Balance (1994), Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health (2000), and I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks (2011). Known for her extensive knowledge of emerging diseases and public health, Garrett said she has become “deeply angry and disappointed with what has happened with COVID, not just in our nation but worldwide.” She went on to describe numerous missed opportunities to better control the pandemic and limit its impact, which, she said, “I fear will be missed again with the next microbe and the next-and believe me, there will be a next, and a next, and a next.” UCSC alumna Laurie Garrett, an award-winning science writer and bestselling author, discussed the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the national and global response to the pandemic, and the implications for future infectious disease outbreaks in a public talk at the Hay Barn on Thursday, November 10.

The coming plague by laurie garrett