A shot to save the world : the remarkable race and ground-breaking science behind the Covid-19 vaccines / Gregory Zuckerman.

By: Publication details: UK : Penguin Business, 2021.Description: xxiii, 355 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780241531709 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR189.5.V5
Summary: You know what went wrong. This is the untold story of what went right. Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China, in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world's biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn't muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilisation.
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Originally published: U.S.: Portfolio/Penguin, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

You know what went wrong. This is the untold story of what went right. Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China, in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world's biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn't muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilisation.

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