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The long shot : the inside story of the race to vaccinate Britain / Kate Bingham, Tim Hames.
By: Bingham, Kate.
Contributor(s): Hames, Tim.
Publisher: London : Oneworld, 2023Description: 352 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780861545667 (pbk.) :; 0861545664 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Bingham, Kate | COVID-19 vaccines -- Great Britain | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Great Britain | Health and Fitness | Health and Wellbeing | Biography: business & industry | Memoirs | International relations | Business & Management | Public health & preventive medicineDDC classification: 615.372 Summary: On the 3rd of April 2020, Kate Bingham was told that the likelihood of any COVID-19 vaccine working was 15% at best. But on the 8th of December 2020, the first NHS patient received a vaccine. Now nearly every adult in Britain has had a jab, lockdowns have ended and we can finally live with Covid. What lies behind this staggering success story? This is an insider view into how the Vaccine Taskforce beat the odds and delivered the scientific miracle we all waited for.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Eccleston Library Adult Non-Fiction | 615.372 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400024800 | |||
| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Adult Non-Fiction | 615.372 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400024827 |
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On the 3rd of April 2020, Kate Bingham was told that the likelihood of any COVID-19 vaccine working was 15% at best. But on the 8th of December 2020, the first NHS patient received a vaccine. Now nearly every adult in Britain has had a jab, lockdowns have ended and we can finally live with Covid. What lies behind this staggering success story? This is an insider view into how the Vaccine Taskforce beat the odds and delivered the scientific miracle we all waited for.