I wrote about the Chinese scientist who kick-started it all by publishing the SARS-CoV-2 sequence in an open repository on January 10th—without waiting for authorization. Two days later, Moderna had the vaccine. Just ten months later, we have a vaccine.https://zeynep.substack.com/p/the-pandemic-heroes-who-gave-us-the …
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American health-care workers may soon get a vaccine that has shown 94% efficacy in trials. To understand magnitude of this achievement, remember that even 18 months was considered a ridiculously optimistic vaccine timeline. Without that sequence, it couldn't get started.pic.twitter.com/3TGOMDI3AH
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I recently looked again at the timelines that the New York Times presented at the end of April, and it feels like ancient history. That said, I’d love to see a follow-up comparing the timelines, compressed and otherwise, with the current vaccine status.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-covid-vaccine.html …
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“Researchers at Oxford announced this week that their coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use by September if trials prove successful.” So about right. We were very lucky mRNA vaccines worked.
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Indeed, indeed. I don't think many outside the field have recognized what just happened.
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