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Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts) Mon Jan 10, 2022, 07:09 PM Jan 2022

A universal flu vaccine may be the next big mRNA breakthrough for Moderna, Pfizer

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/universal-flu-vaccine-may-be-next-big-moderna-pfizer-mrna-development.html

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A universal flu vaccine may be the next big mRNA breakthrough for Moderna, Pfizer (Original Post) Clash City Rocker Jan 2022 OP

If nothing else, this pandemic may provide better vaccine science break throughs OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #1

True. Supposedly, the people who developed this vaccine had struggled to get funding for years Clash City Rocker Jan 2022 #2

It's the future of medicine. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #3

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)

1. If nothing else, this pandemic may provide better vaccine science break throughs

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Original post)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 07:18 PM

Jan 2022

for future generations.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)

2. True. Supposedly, the people who developed this vaccine had struggled to get funding for years

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 07:39 PM

Jan 2022

It took a pandemic for them to get investors to pay attention.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)

3. It's the future of medicine.

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 08:07 PM

Jan 2022

We need to design immunity/mitigation solutions, so we don't destroy our healthcare medical delivery system. We've killed and burnt out a significant number of people who deal with this pandemic every day. We got to get ahead of this, before COVID eats our healthcare system.

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