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The first shots, the epic rivalries and heroic science behind the race to the coronavirus vaccine, Brendan Borrell

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The first shots, the epic rivalries and heroic science behind the race to the coronavirus vaccine, Brendan Borrell

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The first shots

Nature of contents

bibliography

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Brendan Borrell

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the epic rivalries and heroic science behind the race to the coronavirus vaccine

Summary

Award-winning journalist Brendan Borrell brings the defining story of our times alive through compulsively readable, first-time reporting on the players driving the race against a vicious pandemic. Soon to be the subject of an HBO limited series, Borrelll draws on exclusive, high-level access to weave together the intense vaccine-race conflicts among hard-driving, heroic scientists and the epic rivalries among Washington power players that shaped 18 months of fear, resolve, and triumph

Table Of Contents

Part 1: Emergence January 2020 - March 2020. Sounds like it could be fun ; Courage and doubt ; Not sanctioned, not authorized ; Our bugs and gas guy ; Stabilizing the spike ; Old school, new school ; Oceanic outbreak ; Very much under control ; The president's powwow ; This ain't over -- Part 2: Lockdown March 2020 - May 2020. A company is born ; Running on empty ; Masks for everyone ; The moonshot ; Return to power -- Part 3: Testing May 2020 - October 2020. Horse race ; Battle rhythm ; Masters of the protocol ; Three hundred million doses ; Plasma drive ; Trials ; Tribulations -- Part 4: Rollout October 2020 - January 2021. How do you know? ; Winter wave ; Seniors first ; The n-hour ; The brave endure

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1st shots

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