The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Dozens of companies are rushing to test and produce a Covid-19 vaccine as fast as possible. But a fringe group of DIY scientists made a bet that without regulatory hurdles, they could produce a vaccine themselves a whole lot faster. But as Kristen V. Brown reports, they learned that making a vaccine that works reliably--and can be proven safe--is incredibly difficult.

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0:38.5	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Francesca Levy.
0:40.2	Laura Carlson is out.
0:46.5	It's day 208 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
0:48.8	Today's main story.
0:57.9	A group of renegade scientists are trying to make their own ultra-fast-tracked vaccine without all the regulations slowing them down.
1:01.4	They're learning, that's harder than it seems.
1:05.9	But first, here's what happened in virus news today. President Trump expects to be released today from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he is being treated for COVID-19.
1:21.5	In a tweet, Trump said he would be discharged at 6.30 p.m. and that Americans shouldn't fear the virus.
1:29.7	White House physician, Sean Conley, said at an afternoon press conference that the president
1:34.5	has met discharge criteria, but is not out of the woods. An upbeat Conley said Trump's duties
1:41.5	could safely be completed at the White House.
1:50.3	Conflicting and incomplete accounts from the White House, the president's doctors, and the president himself have marked Trump's diagnosis and treatment.
1:56.2	Meanwhile, at least three members of the White House press staff, including
2:00.3	Press Secretary
2:01.3	Kaylee McEnany, have tested positive for COVID, as have two members of the resident's housekeeping
2:07.1	staff, adding to the cluster of infected lawmakers, administration officials, and others
2:13.0	around the president.
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