A Shot to Save the World Quotes

“Mice lie, monkeys mislead, and ferrets are weasels. —a popular aphorism among scientists”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

“Billions of dollars in profits that have resulted for some of those pursuing mRNA research will likely bring more talent, financing, and improvements in the field.”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

“His ambitions raised the tantalizing prospect that the horrors wrought by the deadly coronavirus could, in an indirect way, help vanquish some of the cruelest diseases known to humankind.”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

“You go through life hoping to have a chance to make a difference,” says Smith. “I’m just grateful to have the strength left to have an impact.”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

“Treatments save lives,” Schuitemaker liked to tell colleagues in Crucell’s offices in the Dutch city of Leiden. “But vaccines save populations.”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

“By one count, the Covid-19 vaccines helped prevent 279,000 deaths and averted up to 1.25 million additional hospitalizations, as of summer 2021.5”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

“The team still wasn’t sure if their vaccine was going to work, or if so many effective shots would be produced by others that theirs might not be needed, but they wanted to do everything they could to try to help protect people from the devastating disease.”
― Gregory Zuckerman, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine