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

Van Pelt Library QR189 .B67 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Borrell, Brendan Jonathan, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vaccines.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Vaccination.
COVID-19 (Disease).
Physical Description:
xviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
[Boston?] : Sugar23 Books ; Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Summary:
An award-winning journalist, drawing on high-level access, presents the full inside story of the high-stakes, global race of the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemic.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 EMERGENCE January 2020
-March 2020
1. Sounds Like It Could Be Fun
2. Courage and Doubt
3. Not Sanctioned, Not Authorized
4. Our Bugs and Gas Guy
5. Stabilizing the Spike
6. Old School, New School
7. Oceanic Outbreak
8. Very Much Under Control
9. The President's Powwow
10. This Ain't Over
pt. 2 LOCKDOWN March 2020
May 2020
11. A Company Is Born
12. Running on Empty
13. Masks for Everyone
14. The Moonshot
15. Return to Power
pt. 3 TESTING May 2020
October 2020
16. Horse Race
17. Battle Rhythm
18. Masters of the Protocol
19. Three Hundred Million Doses
20. Plasma Drive
21. Trials
22. Tribulations
pt. 4 ROLLOUT October 2020
January 2021
23. How Do You Know?
24. Winter Wave
25. Seniors First
26. The N-Hour
27. The Brave Endure.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index.
ISBN:
9780358569848
0358569842
OCLC:
1237695281
Publisher Number:
99988663293

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