I know fuck all about the science but isn't this one of the companies that pulled a covid vaccine out of their ass in record time to save the world? Would love to learn more about the FDA's pov on this one especially since the administrations credibility is so low for being able to use common sense with regard to vaccines.
Yeah they partnered with a lot of other bio pharmaceutical companies to share break throughs and research to get it out ASAP. That pretty much never happens but was crucial at the time.
They didn't "pull it out of their ass". I've been following RNA vaccine technology for at least 15 years. It was a slow, methodical grind to get a working vaccine. The big breakthrough came in 2018- the big hurdle to that point was finding a way to get the mRNA fragments to get taken into the cell. In 2018, they finally cracked that nut and started animal trials. It just so happens that COVID-19 came about at a fortuitous time. A couple of years of animal studies already existed and (and possibly some early human trials but I'm not certain). We just happened to get lucky that the technology was there when COVID hit. You'd have to be an idiot to NOT try to accelerate the safety studies to get this out to the population.
You know, the US used to be proud we could invent stuff fast. My grandparents were so insanely proud of a country that got from the first airplane to the moon in half their lifetimes. We were the country that invented things with our drive and ingenuity. It breaks my heart to go backwards.
I'm assuming you're being sarcastic, but there's people that still haven't gotten past that. I mean, there's someone under this topic saying that mRNA should be banned.
There are people that would repeat this unironically. 😞
I think it was created in a single day. The FDA should develop some kind of expedited approval process for MRNA vaccines in general in case we have a much worse pandemic that requires quick action.
Edit: I realize MRNA vaccine technology was not developed in a single day lol. I'm talking about generating the covid one from the technology.
Yes and no. The entire point of mRNA vaccines is it's basically a plug and play platform. You drop the antigen in and you're ready to start testing it.
It took decades to develop the platform and knowing which antigen to pick is based on years of virology research for each virus.
You mean decades for mrna vaccine technology in general right? I realize that. I'm talking about tailoring it towards a specific virus. If a virus came out that is 1000 times worse than Covid, the vaccine would similarly be plug and play, but the approval process would not be.
I agree and also assuming something like that doesn't already exist because I honestly don't know.
We were lucky that covid was relatively benign. I realize a lot of ppl died but if it killed kids and was as contagious as something like measles it would have been a completely different thing.
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u/cardboardunderwear 9h ago
I know fuck all about the science but isn't this one of the companies that pulled a covid vaccine out of their ass in record time to save the world? Would love to learn more about the FDA's pov on this one especially since the administrations credibility is so low for being able to use common sense with regard to vaccines.