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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by Fomite on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:00AM (#26885290)
Medical science is slow - and vaccine science moreso, because it is careful. mRNA vaccines were struggling to find a use case.

A major pandemic like this is a huge, urgent shot in the arm, both in terms of money and motivation, that accelerates things.

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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by schoen on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:37AM (#26885778)
> A major pandemic like this is a huge, urgent shot in the arm, both in terms of money and motivation, that accelerates things.

And even in terms of ... shots in the arm!

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