Gregory Zuckerman on the Crazy Race to Create the COVID Vaccine

EconTalk

English - January 10, 2022 11:30 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
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In the race for a COVID vaccine, how did a couple of companies who had never produced a successful vaccine make it to the finish line so quickly? Gregory Zuckerman talks about his book, A Shot to Save the World, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the daring, deranged, and damaged visionaries behind one of science and medicine's great success stories.