{"product_id":"vaxxers-by-sarah-gilbert-9781529369878","title":"Vaxxers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER AND RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eChosen as a Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a race - not against other vaccines or other scientists, but against a deadly and devastating virus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 1 January 2020, Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at Oxford University, read an article about four people in China with a strange pneumonia. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a vaccine against a pathogen that no one had ever seen before. Less than 12 months later, vaccination was rolled out across the world to save millions of lives from Covid-19.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVaxxers\u003c\/i\u003e, we hear directly from Professor Gilbert and her colleague Dr Catherine Green as they reveal the inside story of making the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and the cutting-edge science and sheer hard work behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is their story of fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Sarah and Cath share the heart-stopping moments in the eye of the storm; they separate fact from fiction; they explain how they made a highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching; and they give us hope for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVaxxers\u003c\/i\u003e invites us into the lab to find out how science will save us from this pandemic, and how we can prepare for the inevitable next one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855417692396,"sku":"9781529369878","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529369878.jpg?v=1759267769","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/vaxxers-by-sarah-gilbert-9781529369878","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}