COVID Vaccine in Record Time - What Now? Moderna Co-Founder Noubar Afeyan

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 12 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The pandemic’s US death toll shows no signs of abating and the holiday season’s spike will likely dwarf any surge that came before it. But in the midst of this dark winter there are glimmers of hope, as the first of the COVID-19 vaccines have nearly arrived (or, depending on when you read this, already have). On the podcast this week, Ian Bremmer interviews Noubar Afeyan, the co-founder of a leading vaccine developer Moderna. They’ll discuss distribution plans, the revolutionary science behind Moderna’s vaccine, and how a company younger than Twitter became a frontrunner in the race to end the pandemic.

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0:00.0	There's a lot we don't know about the virus. We don't know what its ultimate mutations will be.
0:04.5	We don't know how much mortality it can cause. There's a lot we're learning about the virus,
0:08.7	and we will also learn about the vaccine.
0:12.8	Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast. Here you'll find extended versions of the
0:18.1	interviews from my show on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and today
0:22.5	we're talking about the race for vaccines that will put an end to the biggest global crisis
0:28.5	of our lifetimes. We are just days away from the first doses once the FDA approves emergency use
0:35.7	of the top candidates, ones from Moderna and Pfizer.
0:39.7	Several others are in late-stage trials around the world.
0:42.9	My guest today is Moderna co-founder, Nubar Afayan.
0:46.5	We'll talk about the cutting-edge technology
0:48.5	that created a vaccine in world-record time
0:51.3	and the many challenges that still lie ahead.
0:54.9	Let's get to it.
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1:23.1	Nubar Afa and he is a co-founder and chairman of Moderna. So good to be with you, Nubar Afayan, he is co-founder and chairman of Moderna.
1:29.8	So good to be with you, Nubar.
1:31.3	Great to be here, Ian.
1:32.5	So you're kind of the man of the year right now.
1:34.3	I mean, when did you realize that what you've been working on is truly game-changing?
1:39.5	Well, Ian, about three weeks ago, we received the first look at the interim results from our
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