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Pandemic, Inc. : chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick / J. David McSwane.

McSwane, J. David, (author.).

Summary:
"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."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982177744
  • ISBN: 1982177748
  • Physical Description: xi, 317 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-297) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The private jet -- "Hindsight just isn't what it used to be" -- "We're in deep shit" -- Into a gunfight with a box of tissues -- "It's like being on eBay with fifty other states" -- "You might be buying a Ferrari" -- Release the billions -- Buccaneers and pirates -- Airborne -- History rhymes -- "Juaunita Ramos is either a stripper in Atlanta or a Native American medicine woman" -- How to make millions selling masks, in thee easy steps! -- "I'm not going to take any of this" -- "It works as hand sanitizer, too!" -- "Greg Abbott cares about Greg Abbott" -- "What's your problem, man?" -- Money for nothing, checks for free -- Dazed and confused -- Lucrative lies -- Underlying conditions -- "Capitalism, baby" -- The death pits -- A pirate walks the plank.
Subject: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Economic aspects > United States.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Political aspects > United States.
Profiteering.
United States > Politics and government > 2017-2021.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 362.1962 MCSWANE (Text) 50686016164696 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 362.1962 MCS (Text) 33240004965102 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 362.1962 M175p (Text) 85131001820860 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 362.1962 MCSW (Text) 36446002062829 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Fleetwood Area Public Library 362.1962 MCS (Text) 33249024356564 Non-fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 362.1962 McSwane Bus & Econ (Text) 39427103649711 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Martin Library Adults 362.19 MCS Life Times (Text) 33454005897756 2nd Floor Available -
Parkland Community Library 362.1962 MCS (Text) 34422007261510 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library 362.1962 M249 (Text) 30003009097906 Adult Nonfiction Available -
RPL - Northwest Branch Library 362.1962 McS (Text) 33223008776634 Non-fiction Available -


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