Meeting a vaccine sceptic inspired the women behind the AstraZeneca vaccine to document their work to counter conspiracy theories.
Dr Catherine Green, left, and Professor Sarah Gilbert diarised their work in developing the Oxford-AstraZenica zaccine and it has now been published in book form. Lewis Khan
To escape the extreme pressure of working on a COVID-19 vaccine in her Oxford laboratory, Catherine Green took a couple of days off last year and drove to a remote spot in Wales where she pitched a small tent next to a mountain stream, out of reach of phones.
But there was a pizza van not too far away and while she and her nine-year-old daughter waited for their order, she overheard a conversation about the Oxford vaccine.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/how-oxford-scientists-made-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-20210708-p5881x
