Pandemic, Inc. : chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick
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New York, NY : One Signal Publishers (1SP)/Atria, 2023.
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9781982177751, 1982177756
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New York, NY : One Signal Publishers (1SP)/Atria, 2023.
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xi, 317 pages ; 22 cm
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9781982177751, 1982177756

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"This startling, vital book deserves our attention." --San Francisco Chronicle For fans 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 spent over 10 billion dollars 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, called "revelatory" by The Washington Post, 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 monumental, Pandemic, Inc. exposes a system that is both deeply rigged, and singularly American.-Amazon.com

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McSwane, J. D. (2023). Pandemic, Inc.: chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick . One Signal Publishers (1SP)/Atria.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McSwane, J. David. 2023. Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick. One Signal Publishers (1SP)/Atria.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McSwane, J. David. Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick One Signal Publishers (1SP)/Atria, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McSwane, J. David. Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick One Signal Publishers (1SP)/Atria, 2023.

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