{"product_id":"virus-vaccinations-the-cdc-and-the-hijacking-of-americas-response-to-the-pandemic-updated-and-revised-paperback","title":"Virus: Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America's Response to the Pandemic: Updated and Revised - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Burleigh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe only close analysis of our pandemic year revealing how the confluence of key government missteps, behind-the-scenes deal brokering, staggering dismissal of decades of scientific progress, conspiracy theories, and further malfeasance were behind hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fast-paced narrative that captures the spirit of our dystopian times.\"--Craig Unger, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Kompromat\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few months before the virus slammed the world, global public health experts declared the United States the most prepared for a possible pandemic. Instead, we watched as the disease killed half a million Americans. A stunned nation has been too busy grieving and doing damage control to ask why, or to comprehend just how much of the blundering and chaos of the pandemic response was either deliberate or entirely predictable. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Nina Burleigh weaves together the key narrative strands to create an uncompromising and highly informed expose about our shared global pandemic experience and what it means for our future. Here readers will learn: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- How the Trump administration packed public health agencies with right wing Christians and their political allies who cared more about gender norms and policing morality than a possible pandemic.\u003cbr\u003e- How another branch of the Trump administration, the anti-government ideologues, were so enamored of extreme free market principles that they treated the pandemic as a business opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e- How America's anti-expertise culture, long nurtured by right wing media and conservative politicians, and now at its apogee, has left countless millions of Americans doubting the efficacy and safety of vaccines.\u003cbr\u003e- How the phenomenal success of childhood vaccines on extending average lifespan since the early 20th century has left many Americans so ignorant about how much vaccines have already improved their lives that they're willing to reject them.\u003cbr\u003e- How our metastasizing national security state and the \"bad science\" of the Cold War from the A-bomb to bioweapons and beyond explains the credulity of vast numbers of Americans who subscribe to wild conspiracy theories about Covid.\u003cbr\u003e- How a growing number of mainstream scientists now actually accept the \"lab leak hypothesis\" about the origins of the virus.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Burleigh\u003c\/b\u003e is a reporter and author of six books prior to \u003ci\u003eVirus\u003c\/i\u003e, including \u003ci\u003eThe Trump Women: Part of the Deal\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Italian Trials of Amanda Knox\u003c\/i\u003e, of which Tim Egan wrote: Clear-eyed, sweeping, honest and tough... sets a standard that any of the other chroniclers of this tale have yet to meet. This is what long-form journalism is all about. She most recently covered America under Donald Trump as national politics correspondent at \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. She got her start in journalism covering the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield, IL, and is a fellow of the Explorers Club who has covered stories on six continents.\u003cbr\u003e Burleigh's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e. She has appeared on \u003ci\u003eReal Time with Bill Maher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNightline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e48 Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, on MSNBC, CNN and C-Span, NPR, in numerous documentaries, podcasts and radio programs. A former judge for the J. Anthony Lukas prize for nonfiction, Burleigh is an adjunct professor at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her work has been cited in hundreds of scholarly articles. She is also executive producer on a three-part docuseries about Ghislaine Maxwell that aired in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766857171232,"sku":"9781644212004","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00067e226fcde86983f4be18bf407cdf.webp?v=1780300095","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/virus-vaccinations-the-cdc-and-the-hijacking-of-americas-response-to-the-pandemic-updated-and-revised-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}