This book is a fresh and readable account of the Covid-19 pandemic and how scientists and medical doctors are helping governments to manage the crisis. The book contains interviews and exchanges with dozens of scientists, doctors, experts, government representatives, and journalists. Why do some of the most scientifically advanced countries have the highest Covid-19 mortality  During the pandemic, the research community has been at the heart of and actor in a global scandal. Why has science failed  With the help of numerous testimonies from China, France, the UK and the USA in particular, the book provides an insider s view on this major crisis. Although the governments of these countries based their Covid-19 strategy on science, scientists failed to have a decisive influence on decision-makers except in China , which created genuine  time bombs.  The accelerated development of vaccines does not erase past months  errors.