It is heartening that over half a dozen vaccines have entered phase three testing (mass testing for efficacy in humans). One is made by an American biotechnology company called Moderna, which is pioneering a new kind of vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA). Vaccines work by introducing a similar or weakened pathogen to the body, and your immune system learns how to react to it. So if the Moderna vaccine is eventually green-lighted, brace yourselves for debates about whether the company comprises Trump cronies, or whether such an untested technology is safe, or if the vaccine really works or not. Even if a company is a “crony”, maybe its vaccine works, and maybe it will still save millions of lives.

Source: The Star August 16, 2020 01:52 UTC