First published 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. investigates how Dr. Anthony Fauci converted the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases into a defense agency focused on dangerous virus research. Kennedy traces the post-9/11 surge in biosecurity funding that enabled Fauci to pursue gain-of-function experiments designed to create highly transmissible pathogens. When domestic opposition mounted, Fauci moved operations overseas, funneling federal money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for partnership work with Chinese military scientists. Kennedy documents the subsequent cover-up when COVID-19 emerged, revealing how American health officials, scientific journals, and figures like Bill Gates coordinated with Chinese authorities to suppress laboratory origin theories. The book exposes the profit motives driving this research, the creation of engineered viruses capable of killing humans, and the deep connections between US and Chinese biodefense programs. Kennedy provides readers with detailed evidence of institutional deception and the transformation of public health agencies into instruments of biological warfare development.
Genres: american, political-science, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs, academic, history-of-science
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, institutional-corruption
Setting: China, United States, Wuhan
Period: Post-9/11, COVID-19 Pandemic
600 pages · Hardcover · Skyhorse