A Shot to Save the World The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine [Audiobook]

English | ASIN: B09BNST2XD | 2021 | 12 hours and 6 minutes |MP3|M4B | 661 MB
The authoritative account of the race to produce the vaccines that are saving us all, from the number one New York Times best-selling author. 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 civilization. A French businessman dismissed by many as a fabulist. A Turkish immigrant with little virus experience. A quirky Midwesterner obsessed with insect cells. A Boston scientist employing questionable techniques. A British scientist despised by his peers. Far from the limelight, each had spent years developing innovative vaccine approaches. Their work was met with skepticism and scorn. By 2020, these individuals had little proof of progress.