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Posted On: 04/07/2021 6:50:31 AM
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She was on NPR yesterday. It made me think of of us...do you think the timeframe mentioned is one reason we were left out the first time around?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/202...d-vaccines
Dr. Nicole Lurie is strategic adviser at CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. She says getting the current crop of vaccines out in about a year was a huge achievement.
"But a year is way too long," Lurie says. "So the aspiration right now is really to think about, 'OK, what do we need to do to do this in 100 days?' "
Lurie says it's virtually certain the world will face new and dangerous microbes that will necessitate vaccines that are "safe and effective, fast, easy to use, preferably a single dose."
That way, she says, "when the next one comes, we're much closer to the starting gate than we even were for this one.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/202...d-vaccines
Dr. Nicole Lurie is strategic adviser at CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. She says getting the current crop of vaccines out in about a year was a huge achievement.
"But a year is way too long," Lurie says. "So the aspiration right now is really to think about, 'OK, what do we need to do to do this in 100 days?' "
Lurie says it's virtually certain the world will face new and dangerous microbes that will necessitate vaccines that are "safe and effective, fast, easy to use, preferably a single dose."
That way, she says, "when the next one comes, we're much closer to the starting gate than we even were for this one.
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