Uncovering the Impact of Coronavirus: Examining Governmental Responses, Civil Liberties, and the Impact on Our Lives

Lauren Pleavin: Excellent Book. Well written. Everything claimed is listed with a source so you can check out anything further that you want to know more about. It's like a interesting history lesson, but one you can relate too because you lived through it. So much has happened in the last two years, this book expertly summarizes everything. Several times I found myself being reminded of things that had happened that I completely forgot about. (Alex Berenson's other booklets on the Pandemic - Unreported Truths - are fantastic too for quick and easy reads). I am seriously considering gifting this book to all my family members for Christmas to help open their eyes.

Canada on Apr 21, 2022

J. Isom: If you have an interest in why so many people all over the world have reacted so insanely to this disease, you should take the time to read this book. It is very informative, well researched and footnoted.

I've seen it written in the book, "The Elements of Journalism," by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, that, "The purpose of journalism is thus to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments."

I had long ago thought that while this concept had once possibly been a goal of journalists, it probably no longer was. After reading this book, I've concluded that rare is the so-called journalist who is not part of a coordinated effort to influence us into reacting a certain way to further a specific agenda. Many think journalists took an oath to dig deep into important matters that the masses know little about, and then simply report the facts of what they find. You might think that the journalism community would welcome all reporting on the same topic, even if the findings are different. For instance, in our criminal justice system when a good defense attorney...

United States on Jan 22, 2022

V. Schappert: I loved the book, gave it a five star rating, and have repurchased it as a gift already. Since other reviews likely go into the pros to a great extent, I'm going to list two cons I found a bit annoying. They don't detract from my recommendation of this important book, but just to let you know they are there.

First, governments around the world continue to double down on invasive and rights-infringing strategies focused on scapegoating and discrimination (strategies which also clearly do not work), the subject of the vaccines is of great importance. I was a bit frustrated to learn that a bit of the content there was in the form of excerpts from Alex's previously released booklet on the subject. I suppose I would have liked to have seen those (short) booklet excerpts re-written at least to make me feel like I was buying something new. (Part of my frustration about the vaccines section, too, is inherent to the problem of releasing a book about current events: time marches on. By the time this book went to press, quite a bit of new information was already available and more continues to pop up every day. Hopefully Alex will follow up with a second book specifically on this...

Canada on Dec 12, 2021

Caterina: I’ve read a few books about the pandemic and this one is in a different league from most others. It’s a devastating account of the political, public health & media response to COVID-19 since early 2020, focusing on the US, but of immense relevance to UK readers.

I don’t think anyone could read it without their eyes being opened to the scale of the dishonesty that surrounds us; media scaremongering, Government lies, naked political opportunism, failed ‘modelling’, incurious and sidelined legislatures, censorship, business profiteering, the destruction of children’s educations and futures, and the dismantling of all that makes human societies function and individual lives fulfilling- social bonds, the arts, free discussion, and civil liberties.

If you have children, you should read it: because unless we change track radically they’re going to be living in a frightening, unfree and dangerous world, censored and exploited by the most rapacious and corrupt businesses ever produced by capitalist economies. Knowledge is the start of liberation; and this book is a great starting point for knowledge.

United Kingdom on Dec 07, 2021

Amazon Customer: I’ve been following Alex Berenson – a former NYT reporter – for some time now. He’s been a trusted voice of reason in these trying times.

Alex backs up his work with concrete data published from globally respected and publicly available sources of scientific evidence. There hasn’t been ONE source out there that has been able to discredit him, because he is relentlessly honest and meticulous in his work. Although they do try… When a reporter of this caliber gets booted off Twitter for speaking the truth, we should pay attention.

I’m thankful for Alex and the very few other courageous truth tellers out there who truly follow the science, because they’ve kept me sane in these insane times.

No matter which camp you’re on in terms of your medical decisions or whether you necessarily agree with all that is written in this book, it is brimming with the very best investigative journalism out there and is a MUST read. Or listen. I have both the hard copy and audio book!

Congratulations Alex, on this great body of work!

Canada on Dec 06, 2021

She Treads Softly: Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives by Alex Berenson is a very highly recommended, excellent, documented, detailed, and substantiated report exposing the hysteria and manipulation behind the coronavirus pandemic and the overreaction to it in the name of safety and science. This is the true story of the pandemia: one part pandemic, five parts hysteria.

Berenson follows along the timeline of developments and social/political reactions related to the pandemic and details information and facts from each new development. He acknowledges that at the very beginning the lockdowns seemed to make sense, before we had more information. Once information started being compiled and collected, however, it was clear that this reaction was causing more harm than good, but at this point those welding the power and control didn't want to let go. It is made clear that our response to the coronavirus is the worst public policy mistake worldwide in at least a century.

Finally someone has written a book full of facts documenting and exposing the truth behind the lockdowns and everything that has followed rather than simply repeating political...

United States on Dec 03, 2021

garret seinen: At this time I have only read the opening paragraphs of most chapters and picked out a number of other excerpts including Mr Berenson's concluding and acknowledging chapters. The book surpasses my expectations. I am familiar with the history of Covid 19 and the public response our political leaders and their medical advisors have forced on us. I am also an individual that has strongly disagreed with what has taken place in that, from the start the citizens have never been treated as having the ability think objectively about their own well-being. Every thing that has been done has been mandated and human freedom discarded. This book recognizes what has happened and the author fully understands the dire consequences of relinquishing our freedom will have on a stable, prosperous society. A dictatorship, even one that professes to be benevolently concern with public health spells disaster.

Can we re-establish a society that seeks informed consent, a society that strives to persuade rather than dictate public affairs? Can we recognize that our future does depend on our willingness to fight to reclaim a freedom lost because we panicked? Mr Berenson has laid out the case ...I...

Canada on Nov 30, 2021