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

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

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Outside magazine correspondent Brendan Borrell's THE FIRST SHOTS, a global, character-driven narrative of the unfolding vaccine race, the companies that are risking it all with billions of dollars at stake, the sometimes surprising science on which it is based, and the brinkmanship concerning access and safety playing out around it, to Deanne Urmy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Published October 26, 2021
ISBN 57035441
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Brendan Borrell

Brendan Borrell is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Brendan Borrell can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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