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The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Joe Miller
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Rating: 4.5 stars (9/10)
Review:
This was a fascinating an enlightening read about not only the process of creating the first mRNA drug and COVID-19 vaccine, but also about the history of the company BioNTech and how their technologies, staff, and connections all lined up perfectly to create such an amazing vaccine in such a record time. The science is not too difficult to understand, and the story focuses more on the problems encountered during the process than on the hard science behind it. We do get to see all of the steps involved in not only getting ready to test and make it, but in ways to cut-out unnecessary time during testing, and how these changes might be beneficial during other emergency times. Definitely worth a read!
Review:
This was a fascinating an enlightening read about not only the process of creating the first mRNA drug and COVID-19 vaccine, but also about the history of the company BioNTech and how their technologies, staff, and connections all lined up perfectly to create such an amazing vaccine in such a record time. The science is not too difficult to understand, and the story focuses more on the problems encountered during the process than on the hard science behind it. We do get to see all of the steps involved in not only getting ready to test and make it, but in ways to cut-out unnecessary time during testing, and how these changes might be beneficial during other emergency times. Definitely worth a read!