YES! YES! YES! A Vaccine Special
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Preliminary analysis shows the first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting the virus. Fergus brings us his interview with the developers, Pfizer, and Professor of immunology, Peter Openshaw sets the news in context. And as hopes about the vaccine send global markets skyrocketing, Laura and BBC Business reporter Vishala Sri-Pathma help us understand who are the financial winners and losers.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Frankie Tobi and Jo Deahl Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, absolutely massive episode coming your way today |
| 0:09.2 | because the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and their German partners Biotech have released data |
| 0:15.3 | that shows their experimental coronavirus vaccine really, really works in the trials that they've done. |
| 0:22.8 | And it's provoking some quite strong reactions. |
| 0:25.3 | Just listen to Sarah Montague, |
| 0:26.7 | speaking to Professor Sir John Bell, |
| 0:28.6 | the Vaccine Supremo on the world at one today. |
| 0:31.7 | Do we now say with confidence that life should be returning to normal by spring? |
| 0:37.0 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm probably the first guy to say that, I do I will say that with some confidence. |
| 0:46.5 | So it's that shampoo advert from the 90s it's Meg Ryan in the diner from when Harry met Sally |
| 0:52.1 | it's Jerry McGuire and it's the answer to the question, |
| 0:56.4 | is this massive news about this vaccine? Yes, yes, yes, it is. |
| 1:02.0 | Fergus is going to give us all the details and a couple of caveats, |
| 1:06.0 | and you will also hear Laura getting quite emotional about all of this stuff. |
| 1:10.0 | Is it a big day? |
| 1:12.0 | Yes, yes, yes, yes. This is newscast. |
| 1:17.0 | Newscast. |
| 1:18.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:19.0 | What is this virus? How does it spread? How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 1:24.0 | No one's got to have a clue what Brexit is. |
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