Atlas' book does not cover new ground whatsoever regarding covid, the harms of lockdown, and the trajectory of the pandemic.

But the chapters detailing the chronology of what actually happened at the White House between August - November 2020 and the failings of its covid strategy -- both via the Coronavirus Taskforce fronted by Mike Pence and the covid comms team led by Jared Kushner -- are fascinating. You get a real insider's look into all the political games played by Fauci and Birx, and the way that Trump was undermined by his closest advisors and, rather tellingly, by his VP.