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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I’m not entirely sure that just “two days later Moderna had the vaccine” is the best way of framing innovation, tbh. You only really “have the vaccine” when you “have then vaccine”, which is nowish.
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Was distinguishing them having the sequence and us having the vaccine in 240 char! They did have the sequence in a weekend. It’s a simple virus as these things go.
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(The story of mRNA that makes it possible is not in this piece of course. Just about how the start date came to be).
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Reuters had an article about a small HU company involved in the mRNA part:https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-hungary/in-covid-19-vaccine-race-hungarian-village-firm-takes-global-role-idINKBN27V0AH …
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Yeah, I don't think what has happened with mRNA technology in the past few years and now has sunk in. I wasn't writing about that part at all, though. It's an amazing story.
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