The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain

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My mother’s first cousin was married to Rachel Johnson, Boris’s sister, which meant that our paths had occasionally crossed at extended family get-togethers. Britain’s internationally celebrated vaccine development and production regime was set in motion, from something like a standing start, by a team that included a bomb disposal expert, an Indian rowing star, an Italian consultant, a former ambassador, a football pundit, and the redoubtable Ruth Todd, whose day job was to see that submarines were delivered on time. This is a book about the skills and experiences necessary to build extraordinary ventures under pressure. Although the science is sketched ably enough here and there, this is not a science book.

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