by Rand Paul
First published 2023
Senator Rand Paul argues that Anthony Fauci misled Americans about COVID-19's origins from the pandemic's earliest days. Paul contends that the virus likely emerged from gain-of-function research conducted at a Wuhan laboratory, research that received partial funding from the United States government. According to Paul, taxpayer money reached the Chinese facility through deceptive channels that bypassed required oversight. The senator alleges that Fauci and his associates understood the virus's true origins but orchestrated a coverup to protect hundreds of millions in research grants and unreported royalties. Paul describes how dissenting scientists faced ruthless attacks when they questioned the official narrative. He argues that Fauci pushed for extreme lockdown measures that caused massive personal and economic harm to Americans. Paul warns that funding dangerous biological research in authoritarian nations represents a catastrophic policy mistake that could lead to even deadlier future pandemics.
Genres: american, non-fiction, 21st-century, deception, current-affairs, academic
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Wuhan
Period: Pandemic
540 pages · Kindle Edition · Regnery