A little nuttiness can be a good thing I suppose. But it can also be dangerous in certain situations. For instance, ignoring Russia and ignoring Covid.

Trump may be borderline insane and completely blind when it comes to Russia, but he saw Iran for what it was. A threat. I never understand why Obama agreed to such a ridiculous arrangement with Iran where we let them inspect their own nuclear sites. Insanity. Afraid we will get Obama 2.0 with Biden.

Very thoughtful, thanks.

Good find.

Great read!

Great article, thanks for sharing.

This is true. Especially since more than one dose per person will likely be required. Billions of doses will be needed, likely sourced from multiple companies.

I've seen a lot of talk about the logistics of needing -70 storage and transport. Hadn't seen anything about dry ice working, which would be interesting as that is cheap and readily available. But many will just see this report and think "more effective + easier to store = better." Probably the most important question will be price. Which will be more expensive to produce/buy?

Another thing to consider is that Pfizer, the first to release a major announcement, already signed contracts with many countries for millions of vaccines. So though Moderna may be nominally better, what will it matter if the best contracts have already been signed with Pfizer? So you do have a point that Pfizer may be getting overlooked here.

Probably because #Moderna's vaccine is more effective than #Pfizer's AND doesn't require specialized freezers to store the doses.

But that was months ago, then why fire him now?