Pandemic, Inc.
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- Author：J. David McSwane
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Summary
For readers of War Dogs and Bad Blood， an explosive look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic， from the award-winning ProPublica reporter who saw it firsthand。
The United States federal government has spent over $10 billion on medical protective wear and emergency supplies， yet as COVID-19 swept the nation， life-saving equipment such as masks， gloves， and ventilators was nearly impossible to find。
In this brilliant nonfiction thriller， award-winning investigative reporter J。 David McSwane takes us behind the scenes to reveal how traders， contractors， and healthcare companies used one of the darkest moments in American history to fill their pockets。 Determined to uncover how this was possible， he spent over a year on private jets and in secret warehouses， traveling from California to Chicago to Washington DC， to interview both the most treacherous of profiteers and the victims of their crimes。
Pandemic， Inc。 is the story of the fraudster who signed a multi-million-dollar contract with the government to provide lifesaving PPE， and yet never came up with a single mask。 The Navy admiral at the helm of the national hunt for additional medical resources。 The Department of Health whistleblower who championed masks early on and was silenced by the government and conservative media。 And the politician who callously slashed federal emergency funding and gutted the federal PPE stockpile。
Winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting， McSwane connects the dots between backdoor deals and the spoils systems to provide the definitive account of how this pandemic was so catastrophically mishandled。 Shocking and revelatory， Pandemic， Inc。 exposes a system that is both deeply rigged， and singularly American。
The United States federal government has spent over $10 billion on medical protective wear and emergency supplies， yet as COVID-19 swept the nation， life-saving equipment such as masks， gloves， and ventilators was nearly impossible to find。
In this brilliant nonfiction thriller， award-winning investigative reporter J。 David McSwane takes us behind the scenes to reveal how traders， contractors， and healthcare companies used one of the darkest moments in American history to fill their pockets。 Determined to uncover how this was possible， he spent over a year on private jets and in secret warehouses， traveling from California to Chicago to Washington DC， to interview both the most treacherous of profiteers and the victims of their crimes。
Pandemic， Inc。 is the story of the fraudster who signed a multi-million-dollar contract with the government to provide lifesaving PPE， and yet never came up with a single mask。 The Navy admiral at the helm of the national hunt for additional medical resources。 The Department of Health whistleblower who championed masks early on and was silenced by the government and conservative media。 And the politician who callously slashed federal emergency funding and gutted the federal PPE stockpile。
Winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting， McSwane connects the dots between backdoor deals and the spoils systems to provide the definitive account of how this pandemic was so catastrophically mishandled。 Shocking and revelatory， Pandemic， Inc。 exposes a system that is both deeply rigged， and singularly American。
Reviews
Aaron Hedge
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McSwane narrates an unscrupulous， downright criminal federal buying spree of nonexistent or undeliverable public health supplies meant to protect us from a deadly plague。 Driven by two years of dogged reporting on pandemic contracting， he shows that when a crisis hits， hucksters lurk in the eaves to exploit a morally and administratively depleted government。 Massive public resources were squandered to make a very specific group of people rich - profit making that did incalculable violence to Ame McSwane narrates an unscrupulous， downright criminal federal buying spree of nonexistent or undeliverable public health supplies meant to protect us from a deadly plague。 Driven by two years of dogged reporting on pandemic contracting， he shows that when a crisis hits， hucksters lurk in the eaves to exploit a morally and administratively depleted government。 Massive public resources were squandered to make a very specific group of people rich - profit making that did incalculable violence to American lives。 The author’s reportage and insights amount to an indictment of the American impulse to outsource crucial government functions to untrustworthy and incompetent actors。 McSwane spares no one who deserves sparing， but he focuses on history's most dangerous iteration of a political party， the American GOP， which actively worsened the crisis。 This book will enrage you and， hopefully， spur you to action。 。。。more
Yeganeh
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Fantastic book that manages to be both entertaining and enraging at the same time。 The author's skill in digging up information that the powerful and those engaged in deception don't want us to know is admirable， and his writing somehow makes even government contracting exciting to read about。 At the same time， he shows empathy and care for the people he writes about。 Highly recommend this book to better understand a sad chapter in our nation's history。 Fantastic book that manages to be both entertaining and enraging at the same time。 The author's skill in digging up information that the powerful and those engaged in deception don't want us to know is admirable， and his writing somehow makes even government contracting exciting to read about。 At the same time， he shows empathy and care for the people he writes about。 Highly recommend this book to better understand a sad chapter in our nation's history。 。。。more
Lillian
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Written with a propulsive， true crime style， the author illuminates the corrupt back story of the pandemic。 However the story is rushed， and the tone used is far too colloquial for such a catastrophic event。
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