by John Leake
First published 2022
Dr. Peter McCullough stands in his Dallas medical center as COVID-19 spreads across America in March 2020. A respected physician and clinical investigator, he feels compelled to find early treatments for the deadly virus. Working with colleagues worldwide, McCullough develops a protocol using generic drugs and supplements that prevents hospitalization and death for millions of patients. But their success triggers fierce opposition from public health officials and pharmaceutical interests. Fraudulent studies appear in medical journals attacking their treatments. McCullough and his team face censorship, media attacks, and job losses while government officials promote new vaccines as the only solution. The doctor discovers he is battling more than a virus. He confronts what the book calls the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex, a network of drug companies, federal agencies, research labs, and foundations that has gained control over medical policy. McCullough's fight evolves from treating a disease to defending medical freedom and American liberties against institutional tyranny.
Genres: medical, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, activism, american-history
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: institutional-corruption, whistleblower
Setting: Dallas
Period: 2020
288 pages · Hardcover · Skyhorse
Content warnings: medical-trauma