{"product_id":"longshot-the-inside-story-of-the-race-for-a-covid-19-vaccine","title":"Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLongshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Heath\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781546000907\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCenter Street\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the incredible story of the scientists who created a coronavirus vaccine in record time. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLongshot\u003c\/i\u003e, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start when we needed a COVID-19 vaccine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story really begins in the 1990s, with a series of discoveries that were timed perfectly to prepare us for the worst pandemic since 1918. Readers will meet Katalin Karikó, who made it possible to use messenger RNA in vaccines but struggled for years just to hang on to her job. There's also Derrick Rossi, who leveraged Karikó's work to found Moderna but was eventually expelled from his company. And then there's Barney Graham at the National Institutes of Health, who had a career-long obsession with solving the riddle of why two toddlers died in a vaccine trial in 1966, a tragedy that ultimately led to a critical breakthrough in vaccine science. \u003cbr\u003eWith both foresight and luck, Graham and these other crucial scientists set the course for a coronavirus vaccine years before COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China. The author draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with key players to tell the definitive story about how the race to create the vaccine sparked a revolution in medical science.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Center Street","offers":[{"title":"Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine | David Heath | Hardcover | 9781546000907 | Used: Like New | Politics 1637707","offer_id":48751111405720,"sku":"1637707","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61h9qMX2nbL.jpg?v=1773950819","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/longshot-the-inside-story-of-the-race-for-a-covid-19-vaccine","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}