The Race for a Vaccine

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Scientists are racing to make a vaccine for the coronavirus, collaborating across borders in what is usually a secretive and competitive field. But their cooperation has been complicated by national leaders trying to buy first claim on any breakthrough. Today, we explore how the fight to own a future coronavirus vaccine is revealing the boundaries of international solidarity. Guest: Katrin Bennhold, Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times, spoke with Lidia Oostvogels, who researches infectious diseases with the German biotech company CureVac. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: The United States says it will share any vaccine breakthroughs with the world. So why did President Trump reportedly try to purchase a German biotech company that is trying to develop a shot for the coronavirus?The latest updates from top U.S. government scientists project that the coronavirus could kill 100,000 to 240,000 Americans — even with strict social distancing.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:02.5	This is Daily.
0:10.4	Today.
0:12.6	Scientists are racing to make a vaccine against the coronavirus.
0:17.2	Katrin Benhold, on how that race is not just about creating the vaccine,
0:23.6	but about which country will own it.
0:32.4	It's Wednesday, April 1st.
0:43.6	So, at the end of December, these scientists around the world were basically looking at this outbreak
0:50.8	of the strange mysterious illness in Wuhan, China.
0:54.4	And at this time, the media, especially the Western media,
0:58.0	isn't really paying attention to this thing yet.
1:00.6	While fire emergency in Southeast Australia was killed,
1:03.8	and USA are strikes in Iran, particularly.
1:05.8	Sending the articles of a impeachment over to the Senate.
1:09.2	But scientists are already beginning to puzzle through what this could be.
1:13.8	It seemed like a respiratory thing.
1:18.0	It reminded some of them of diseases like murs or SARS and some of these other things
1:22.0	that have come along in recent years.
1:24.0	But at this stage, they're just kind of corresponding with each other on their social media,
1:28.8	saying, hey, what is this thing?
1:33.8	And that's how this story begins for one doctor based in Germany.
1:40.8	Lydia Ospogels.
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