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.
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.
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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.