The Science Behind The Historic mRNA Vaccine

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🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Millions of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, just days ago granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, are being distributed across the country. It's the first widely-available vaccine to use something called mRNA technology. So, with the help of epidemiologist Rene Najera, Maddie explains the science behind this vaccine and how it was developed so quickly.

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0:00.0	Jeff Brumfield, what's up Jeff?
0:02.8	Hey there.
0:03.8	Hey now.
0:04.8	Hello.
0:05.8	Peng Huang, hi, I'm Peng.
0:06.8	Hi, Maddie.
0:07.8	Hi, Maddie.
0:08.8	I miss you so much.
0:09.8	I know.
0:10.8	If you've listened to shortwave even a few times, you know our show is only possible because
0:16.4	we're backed by so many reporters across NPR.
0:20.0	NPR East Africa correspondent, Ador Peralta.
0:22.8	Hey there, Ador.
0:23.8	Hey, Maddie.
0:24.8	Thank you, Lauren.
0:25.8	Welcome.
0:26.8	Hey, thanks for having me.
0:27.8	Rebecca Hersher.
0:28.8	Hey, Becky.
0:29.8	Thanks for being here to mention the producers, editors and engineers that you hear in the
0:34.4	credits pretty much every day.
0:36.4	Plus the big one, you.
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