The Viral TikTok Explaining mRNA Vaccines With ... Forks!

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🗓️ 30 April 2021

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We at Short Wave are sometimes a little too aware of how difficult it can be to explain science to a general audience. So when we came across Vick Krishna's viral TikTok breaking down how the mRNA vaccine works, we were impressed and immediately like, "We've got to get him on the show!" Today's that show. Vick breaks down the inspiration, the science and his newfound responsibility as an accidental science communicator.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.6	Before the pandemic, Vic Krishna acted in some commercials, local New York theatre,
0:11.0	a couple big TV shows.
0:13.2	And then stuck at home last summer, he found a new way to express his talents, the social
0:18.4	media platform TikTok.
0:20.5	Do you mind doing an Indian accent?
0:23.2	Sure, of course.
0:24.8	Great.
0:25.8	Ready when you are.
0:26.8	Listen Karen, the manager isn't here.
0:29.2	Are you even putting on an accent?
0:31.2	How would your dad say?
0:32.2	Usually I've done a lot of skits about the acting world, along with skits about my South
0:39.2	Asian culture.
0:41.2	You want me to do the stereotypical accent that everybody thinks we sound like, because
0:45.7	that's what Hollywood is normalized.
0:48.0	Yes.
0:49.0	And then, earlier this year, Vic found some inspiration out of this very horrible year.
0:55.1	The mRNA vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer, authorized in the US and in other countries
1:00.0	around the world.
1:01.2	So I first was very intrigued on how this worked.
1:05.9	It's fully ingenious.
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