We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time...

And other problems with medical research.

Dec 08, 2020

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Surprising news this week that Moderna’s new COVID-19 vaccine isn’t all that new.

Moderna’s mRNA-1273, which reported a 94.5 percent efficacy rate on November 16, had been designed by January 13. This was just two days after the genetic sequence had been made public in an act of scientific and humanitarian generosity that resulted in China’s Yong-Zhen Z…

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