Post by the Scribe on Apr 12, 2022 19:06:24 GMT
'Pandemic, Inc.' author says financial predators made more than $1 billion off COVID
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/12/1091678178/pandemic-inc-j-david-mcswane-covid-fraud
April 12, 202212:59 PM ET
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a box of facemasks
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When the COVID crisis hit in 2020, the federal government needed far more N95 masks and other protective equipment than it had — so it began awarding contracts to companies promising to provide them, often at a steep mark-up. J. David McSwane, a ProPublica reporter and author of the new book Pandemic, Inc: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick, says a shocking number of those companies had no experience in providing medical equipment.
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www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/12/1091678178/pandemic-inc-j-david-mcswane-covid-fraud
April 12, 202212:59 PM ET
Heard on Fresh Air
DAVE DAVIES
Fresh Air
44-Minute Listen ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2022/04/20220412_fa_01.mp3?orgId=427869011&topicId=1031&d=2659&p=13&story=1091678178&dl=1&sc=siteplayer&size=42558738&dl=1&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer
a box of facemasks
Virginia Mayo/AP
When the COVID crisis hit in 2020, the federal government needed far more N95 masks and other protective equipment than it had — so it began awarding contracts to companies promising to provide them, often at a steep mark-up. J. David McSwane, a ProPublica reporter and author of the new book Pandemic, Inc: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick, says a shocking number of those companies had no experience in providing medical equipment.
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