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Mon. 11/16 - The Moderna Vaccine: What You Need To Know

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Science, Tech News, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A second potential COVID-19 vaccine is showing incredible efficacy and bringing us a modest dash of hope. The future of sustainable air conditioning. The French media outlet that accidentally published obituaries for nearly a hundred public figures today… all of whom are still alive. And the Star Wars character that the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts brought to space this weekend. Sponsors: Fitbod, Get one month free at Fitbod.me/kottke Fundrise, Get your first 90 days of advisory fees waived at fundrise.com/kottke Links: Moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective (MIT Technology Review)  Early Data Show Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective (NY Times) Fauci Is Excited About Moderna's COVID Vaccine, Reportedly 94.5% Effective (Vice) Moderna vaccine stability enables distribution in rural America: U.S. official (Reuters) How materials you’ve never heard of could clean up air conditioning (MIT Technology Review)  Air Conditioning and Sycamore Trees | The Anthropocene Reviewed (WNYC) Keeping Cool | A Chilly Reception | 1 (American Innovations) Radio France Internationale publishes obituaries of people still alive (BBC) Romanian court tells man he is not alive (The Guardian) SpaceX Crew-1 team harnesses the Force by bringing Baby Yoda with them to space (The Verge) NASA and Peanuts Celebrate Apollo 10's 50th Anniversary (NASA) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Monday, November 16th, 2020. I'm Jackson Bird.

0:41.9

A second potential COVID-19 vaccine is showing incredible efficacy and bringing us a modest dash of hope.

0:50.4

The future of sustainable air conditioning.

0:54.1

The French media outlet that accidentally published obituaries for nearly 100 public figures today,

1:01.1

all of whom are still alive.

1:04.4

And the Star Wars character that the SpaceX crew dragon astronauts brought to space this weekend.

1:10.4

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:16.1

Kicking the week off with some good news, Moderna has now released information that their vaccine,

1:22.9

based on early trials, is 94.5% effective. This comes hot on the heels of last week's news regarding the

1:31.2

Pfizer-Biontech vaccine, which was found to be 90% effective in trials, quoting Vice. The Moderna results

1:38.4

come from a study of more than 30,000 participants, according to an independent government-appointed

1:43.4

review board. The company,

1:45.0

which is developing the vaccine in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, said in a

1:48.9

press release that the majority of side effects were mild or moderate in severity, and severe

1:54.6

side effects included pain after the first injection and fatigue, myalgia, and headaches, end quote.

2:02.0

Like the Pfizer vaccine, this Moderna one is also a genetic or MRNA vaccine,

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