COVID WARS: America's Struggle Over Public Health and Personal Freedom

A sweeping, deeply researched chronicle of the COVID-19 pandemic, weaving together science, politics, and personal freedoms.

Ronald Gruner, with the precision of a historian and the curiosity of a citizen, takes the listener from the roots of virology in the 19th century to the chaotic pandemic years of 2020-2022. The book doesn't just tell the story of a virus-it lays bare the cultural and political divide that shaped America's uneven and often painful response.

Gruner's writing is crisp, an...