Bloomberg Technology
Moderna Vaccine Had Decade Head Start Over Pfizer: Chairman
Nov.16 — Moderna Inc. reported its Covid-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in a preliminary analysis of a large late-stage clinical trial. Noubar Afeyan, Moderna co-founder and chairman, discusses the company’s new data, distribution, plan for emergency use authorization and its advantage over a vaccine by Pfizer Inc. Afeyan spoke with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang.
drane1210
November 17, 2020 at 12:56 am
Lets see the top scientists take it and give it to their own kids and let me see all these politicians and celebrities take it too and give it to their kids then just then maybe ill think about it
lantrick
November 17, 2020 at 1:02 am
How would you like to do that? Maybe a TV gameshow? Or perhaps on a deserted island and they have to fight for it?
Anna Mathukutti
November 17, 2020 at 1:03 am
@lantrick 😜
drane1210
November 17, 2020 at 1:09 am
@lantrick them on Epstein island taking the vaccine live streaming via TiK TOK
lantrick
November 17, 2020 at 1:27 am
@drane1210 How would you know it was Epstein island? Do you have a map of it?
Jen Smith
November 17, 2020 at 12:56 am
trump supporters will try to find a conspiracy out of anything all because their comprehension level is at zero.
icepick
November 17, 2020 at 12:57 am
They make John Nash look sane.
lantrick
November 17, 2020 at 1:04 am
It’s true. People with very low comprehension levels TEND to be Trump supporters. That why they’re just THRILLED with reality TV show for a presidency.
Agent Orange
November 17, 2020 at 1:08 am
People without comprehension will willing take anything without questioning.
Stimie
November 17, 2020 at 1:21 am
You know why COVID spreads faster among Trump supporters? Because they’re mouth breathers.
Mark S
November 17, 2020 at 12:57 am
Ahaha all the haters. Then dont take it. Move along.
Jeronda Hamblin
November 17, 2020 at 1:12 am
Exactly, quicker and easier access for me, my family, friends and co workers.
RedSox Fan
November 17, 2020 at 12:58 am
I got the Rabies antivirus and vaccine last year. That has been around for decades. Total bill was about $27,000. 22k of that was for the antivirus. I hope this covid one is cheaper.
DanielRichards644
November 17, 2020 at 1:01 am
22k for a vaccine? thats insane bro.
eshu orishas
November 17, 2020 at 1:12 am
either you’re lying or you got ripped off. Without insurance, average cost is $500-$1,500
Stimie
November 17, 2020 at 1:18 am
Trump said it would be free. He’s never lied before ever!
Primary Acc
November 17, 2020 at 12:58 am
I love you scientists of the USA. Being able to produce synthetic mRNA is unimaginable for almost all other countries. I am proud of you. But playing with genetic material may be very dangerous so I would like to see that you are 101% sure about the results.
tony e
November 17, 2020 at 12:59 am
Is anybody buying this load of crap? I know I’m not. Oh what a tangled web we weave when we choose to deceive….. So 8 months ago we heard nothing of this, but now it’s been in work for a decade? Yeah not a chance I believe any of this. Also what kind of vaccine needs to be kept so frozen? Nothing adds up here. It’s 1+1+1= 666 lol or something
Stimie
November 17, 2020 at 1:09 am
Listening to you is like listening to the insane guy out in front of gas station. In between asking people for change he rambles on about Satan and the government reading his thoughts. lol
Every dumbass with an internet connection has something stupid to say.
A H
November 17, 2020 at 12:59 am
MRNA version contains nanotechnology (same as used to create GMO crops) will alter human DNA and allow humans to be patented just like Monsanto has done with seeds. True slavery
eshu orishas
November 17, 2020 at 1:10 am
It doesn’t alter your DNA. Scientists have tried to explain this several times over the last 15 years.
Graham D
November 17, 2020 at 12:59 am
Nightmarish
RedSox Fan
November 17, 2020 at 12:59 am
Great marketing!
leokscott
November 17, 2020 at 12:59 am
Wow, good interview. It has been a long time since I watched a reporter ask questions that help inform their audience.
ojgom17
November 17, 2020 at 1:02 am
When he started talking about the price he started waving his hands. Those are signs of a con man. I hope the vaccine is safe, effective, and free …
warriorpoet92021
November 17, 2020 at 1:02 am
I love how the conspiracy theory crazies come out…. they scream “we doubt science”….on their smart phones…..
lantrick
November 17, 2020 at 1:10 am
@DanielRichards644 Refrain from using “ambulance chasers” as evidence.
DanielRichards644
November 17, 2020 at 1:14 am
@lantrick those ambulance chasers exist BECAUSE the drug got pulled because it did something unexpected, this vaccine is a MRNA (DNA based) vaccine, thats how you get weird shit happening. it’s not a mostly dead form of the virus so your body can build an immunity to it like vaccines of the past.
Askquestions
November 17, 2020 at 1:17 am
Hahahhaha, it’s called having common sense and having critical thinking skills!!! We ask questions before we are willing to inject our body with something that has not been researched long enough, we don’t know what kind of longterm effects it will create. I will take my chances with 99% survival rate, compared 90% of this vaccine working. But you go be a Guinea pig for these companies. Good luck
baalel saline
November 17, 2020 at 1:18 am
@DanielRichards644 anyone suffering from the life condition is susceptible to death. Its time that kills us, we need a time vaccine or a way to remove the preexisting condition of life.
Life and time will lead to suffering and death for everyone.
Prolonging time is not defeating the condition, as it also prolongs the life disease and the suffering it brings.
Shortening time reduces suffering but the patient still dies, but sooner.
Life is the problem it has a 100% mortality rate.
Covid has a 0.054% success rate of curing life.
Stimie
November 17, 2020 at 1:27 am
Comments on social media and YouTube are the same thing as trying to go to a gas station in the bad part of town. Always some guy that thinks he’s Jesus telling you about how the government can hear his thoughts. It just lacks someone asking you for spare change.
walter widmann
November 17, 2020 at 1:02 am
Who’s in waiting in line for this???? Can’t wait!!!
Hooligan 0331
November 17, 2020 at 1:13 am
Lemme know if you start jogging backwards
Maddie Siegmund
November 17, 2020 at 1:02 am
But they still never got anything approved using the Messenger-RNA, which is what a SARS vaccine would require.
MikeDineroo
November 17, 2020 at 1:04 am
Finally someone who thinks on my level
Solutions For a bright future
November 17, 2020 at 1:03 am
It’s sad to say I trust Germany more then the USA on the vaccine
Raul Mercado
November 17, 2020 at 1:06 am
Then move to Grrmany
Stimie
November 17, 2020 at 1:25 am
You’re apparently not Jewish.
SANO MO
November 17, 2020 at 1:04 am
C’mon man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Barbara Guerrero
November 17, 2020 at 1:05 am
How is that even possible? Firstly, you would have had to try this on people. And how did you get a vaccine that quickly. Secondly, why were two Doctors murdered for having scientific evidence to cure the virus? Why not give it to trumps family and the Gates family? No, will not take any genocide, drug from anyone.
Crafty5635
November 17, 2020 at 1:09 am
Actually they say 10 years head start because of the mRNA technique used to make the vaccine, not the virus itself. Its a new way they are able to build the needed defense proteins in immune cells without having any patient exposure to the actual virus. Its not a dead virus or anything like that, once you sequence the virus you can have a vaccine really quickly. They literally program your cells to recognize any protein (in this case the SARS-COV 2 spike protein), thats why he was talking at the end of the interview about the vast uses of this type of technique (heart disease, cancer, highly effective flu vaccine). Moderna is clearly pretty far ahead in this tool, because like he said they can avoid the super cold temperatures and stability issues that newer companies haven’t had the time to address.
Ish Dance-for-Me
November 17, 2020 at 1:05 am
Anyone else thinking umbrella.
Peppermint MERCY
November 17, 2020 at 1:15 am
No?
Eri Komori
November 17, 2020 at 1:21 am
Yep
Eri Komori
November 17, 2020 at 1:21 am
@Peppermint MERCY you don’t understand
Eastwaters
November 17, 2020 at 1:22 am
@Peppermint MERCY Umbrella Corps
Ivan Pavlov
November 17, 2020 at 1:10 am
Ok people, it’s official, man made virus at leas ten years old was released upon the people of the world, for benefit? Or other agenda 🤔
lantrick
November 17, 2020 at 1:11 am
Vaccines aren’t new inventions but new technologies for creating them are developed all the time. They are saying the technology for developing a vaccine for a NEW virus that they used in THIS case has been in development for a decade.
C Merritt
November 17, 2020 at 1:13 am
your paranoia is official, but that’s all.
Stimie
November 17, 2020 at 1:12 am
These comments are proof that the mentally lazy would rather just believe something instead of understand it.
Eri Komori
November 17, 2020 at 1:22 am
Yep just like I’ll believe your comment and not understand it
Eye-Belly Venue!
November 17, 2020 at 1:12 am
There is ALWAYS a spectrum of information which will be hidden, in all things [man] seeks to know. To think otherwise is just negligence.
Proceed at your own risk.
Kristy Smith
November 17, 2020 at 1:13 am
Vaccine Nazi’s. There has been No long term studies!!!! 😱😱😱💯pass.
For a virus that has a 99+ recovery!!
Who’s waiting for this junk.
PRISON PLANET 2
November 17, 2020 at 1:14 am
Translation: Put more seniors on vents to get $13k/positive case & $29k when they vent💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Baccarat / Roulette Winning Grind 101
November 17, 2020 at 1:17 am
THE KRAKEN REVELATION is coming near you. Cheers on Dec 14 !
lantrick
November 17, 2020 at 1:20 am
Sadly . The Kraken is still a just mythical beast.
AuraDZN
November 17, 2020 at 1:21 am
Why 2 doses when they could have done 1? Because 2 doses means they get twice the amount of money. Right?