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Vaccinating America: The Inside Story Behind the Race to Save Lives and End a Pandemic spotlights the public servants and heroes who planned and executed the unprecedented program to combat COVID-19 amidst fierce partisan divides, bureaucratic infighting and overwhelming logistical challenges, and doesn’t hold back on pointing out those who hindered progress. It features five initial lessons learned, and documents how our public health system successfully administered over 500 million doses of COVID vaccine in less than one year.
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This book presents a fact-based frontline view into the greatest scientific and public health challenge of our time. The authors provide insights into critical fault lines in the systems designed to protect the public’s health. They also share five necessary lessons, which will pave the way for a robust, equitable, and trusted public health system, one that can support every American.
Fraser and Ewig fling back the curtain on vaccination and disease prevention during the worst pandemic in a century. With unflinching detail, they analyze how intense efforts gradually pushed the nation back from the brink of utter chaos. Many developments were controversial and imperfect, but in the end, the gift of health was protected for millions – one precious life at a time.
Vaccinating America provides a candid and compelling behind-the-scenes recounting of the record-breaking development, deployment, and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Fraser and Ewig provide an analysis of key policy decisions and strategies that resulted in both the rapid access to life-saving tools and the politicization and hesitancy that hindered vaccination efforts.