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LIR: vaccine timeline. Kouric had a nice interview on her podcast with the Moderna CEO. The lack of availability for kids is going to be a kicker

Posted by kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 (aka kkuphal) Dec 2 '20, 12:45

for a lot of people, especially those looking for a return to normalcy for schools. Kids (two groups divided at about age 12) will have different approvals for receiving vaccines and those trials are just now getting started. Luckily they need far less participants and are really only trying to show that there is no huge side effects in the first 2 months.

But yes, with 2 doses each, it is going to take a LOT of doses to get to everyone who wants it let alone everyone who needs it. The first 20M doses only covers 10M people, etc.

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One thing I'm unclear on is how long the vaccine will last. Is this going to be a one time thing, or annual thing or more often? -- nm - decline Dec 2, 12:47 2
- The CEO said they are optimistic that it will be at least a year, possibly longer and later "boosters" may only need to be a single dose (annually for - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 12:48 1
  - Where there's $$$ there is both a will and a way. -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 12:50

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LIR: vaccine timeline. Kouric had a nice interview on her podcast with the Moderna CEO. The lack of availability for kids is going to be a kicker

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