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Title Pandemic, Inc. [electronic resource] : chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick / J. David McSwane.
Author McSwane, J. David, author.
Publication Info. New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022
©2022
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Contents 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 three 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.
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." -- Amazon.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Simon & Schuster Audio 2022 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Economic aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects -- United States.
Profiteering -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- États-Unis.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis.
COVID-19 -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis.
COVID-19 -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis.
Profits illicites -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
COVID-19.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct.
MEDICAL / Infection Control.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business.
COVID-19 (Disease) (OCoLC)fst01984643
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst02021810
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst02021838
Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Profiteering. (OCoLC)fst01078633
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) (OCoLC)fst02024716
2000-2099
Genre History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Informational works.
Subject COVID-19 (Disease)
Genre Electronic audio books.
Downloadable audiobooks.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
Added Title Chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick
Pandemic, Inc.
Pandemic, Incorporated
ISBN 9781797138435 ODA (electronic audio bk.)