Pfizer's Moonshot

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The rapid development and rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines has been called a moonshot – an amazing scientific discovery that will change the course of history. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins President of Pfizer Global Supply, Mike Dermott, for an exclusive look inside the company’s vaccine manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where millions of doses are being produced every week. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This has been an amazing 12 months like nothing I've ever experienced in my career, but
0:07.0	an amazing opportunity to make an impact on the world.
0:11.6	The COVID-19 vaccines were developed, tested, and granted emergency use authorization in
0:16.7	record speed over the past year.
0:19.0	It's truly been this remarkable feat of modern science.
0:22.5	More than 3 million Americans receiving the vaccine each day from last Friday through
0:26.4	Sunday.
0:27.4	That's a 3-day record.
0:29.3	Justin Joe Biden promises that there will be enough doses to vaccinate every American
0:33.6	adult by May.
0:35.4	And to help meet that goal, COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers are ramping up production
0:40.0	using some innovative technology to make sure our vaccine supply can keep up with demand.
0:46.0	So for today's podcast, I'm going to give you an exclusive look inside Pfizer's vaccine
0:50.3	manufacturing plant in Michigan.
0:52.5	So we have our heart out on, we have our safety glasses.
0:54.9	We'll put some gloves on.
0:56.5	We need to.
0:57.5	I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
0:59.0	We've seen ENSE's chief medical correspondent.
1:01.4	And this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.
1:10.6	So 60 million doses are surrounding us, hugging us right now.
1:15.0	Imagine the impact that this room will have just the doses sitting here today on US citizens
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