The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine

Borrell, Brendan

ISBN 10: 0358569842 / ISBN 13: 9780358569848

Published by Mariner Books, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0358569842
• ISBN 13: 9780358569848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

<P><b>The full inside story of the high-stakes, global race for the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemic</b><BR /><BR /> Heroic science. Chaotic politics. Billionaire entrepreneurs.&#160;Award-winning journalist Brendan Borrell brings the defining story of our times alive through compulsively readable, first-time reporting on the players leading the&#160;fight against a vicious virus.&#160;<i>The First Shots</i> draws on exclusive, high-level access to weave together the intense&#160;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.<BR /><BR /> From infectious disease expert Michael Callahan, an American doctor secretly on the ground in Wuhan in January 2020 to gauge the terrifying ravages of Disease X;&#160;to Robert (Dr. Bob) Kadlec, one of Operation Warp Speed&rsquo;s architects, whose audacious plans for the American people run straight into the buzz saw of the Trump White House factions;&#160;to St&eacute;phane Bancel of upstart Moderna Therapeutics going toe-to-toe with pharma behemoth Pfizer,&#160;<i>The First Shots</i>&#160;lays bare, in a way we have not seen, the full stunning story behind the medical science&#160;&ldquo;moon shot&rdquo; of our lifetimes.</P>

About the Author

BRENDAN BORRELL is a biologist-turned-journalist, who has written on science, health, and business for The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, National Geographic, Outside, Wired, and the New York Times. Borrell lives in Los Angeles, and The First Shots is his first book.