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The Long Shot

The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain

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The Long Shot

Yazan: Kate Bingham, Tim Hames
Seslendiren: Jennifer Ness
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On 3 April 2020, Kate Bingham was told that the likelihood of any Covid-19 vaccine working was 15% at best. But on 8 December 2020, the first NHS patient received a vaccine. Now nearly every adult in Britain has had a jab, lockdowns have ended and we can finally live with Covid. What lies behind this staggering success story?

From a small cottage, Bingham juggled vaccine suppliers, Whitehall, the media circus – and her daughter’s exams. Political manoeuvring, miscommunications and administrative meddling nearly jeopardised the project. But perseverance paid off.

Catapulted into a national crisis, Bingham’s eclectic team secured the first vaccine doses administered in the West and saved thousands of lives in the UK as new variants struck. This is an unmissable insider view into how the Vaccine Taskforce beat the odds and delivered the scientific miracle we all waited for.©2022 Kate Bingham & Tim Hames (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Politics & Government
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This book should be compulsory reading for all civil servants & prospectives, especially the last chapter.
A great example of the ‘lean in’ approach.

Eye opening

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Kate Bingham provides a personal and critical insight into the UK’s successful Covid vaccination programme. It’s a story of how to get things done in crisis, and amid huge uncertainty. It has sharp lessons for everyone involved in high profile, high cost, government programmes. Excellent Audible listen.

A most important book

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Once you get used to all the acronyms it’s an eye opener to the amazing success of the team despite market and more especially government intervention.

Great insight to what actually happened

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While this was a fascinating insight into the period this book covers, I was disappointed that this period was in fact pretty short.
This book covers the tenure of Kate Bingham as head of the vaccine task force, which ended in late 2020. Anything that happened after that, from the mass rollout of the vaccine, the roller coaster of the daily covid case statistics, the blood clot scare, the shift to Pfizer for the young, etc. all of that isn't covered.
I was surprised by this as the book cover itself features the the familiar 'I've had my covid vaccine' sticker which was introduced after the end of the period covered.

So if you're interested in the behind-the-scene story of how Britain's vaccine machinery got into place and operated in its first 6 months then go ahead, but be warned that you'll have to look elsewhere for anything after that.

Limited in scope

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Inspiring story of how a highly qualified team worked together to get the various Covid vaccines made, tested, approved and into peoples arms. Yes they were the elite, yes they were well connected but they mostly worked for nothing, cutting through bureaucracy to get this done fast and well. Frustratingly it also shows how so much potential future good was thrown away by short sighted politicians.

Really interesting behind the scenes view of the race to get vaccines

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