Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday.
The common cold is different every year because it’s still spreading.
The flu is different every year because it’s still spreading.
That’s how diseases work. The examples that aren’t stopped dead… are what’s left. If a resistant strain infects one vaccinated person, well, guess what strain that person’s going to spread.
Fortunately we can adjust boosters for that variant in a hurry, thanks to this Nobel-prize-winning medicine.
Works fine against what it was designed for.
The common cold is different every year because it’s still spreading.
The flu is different every year because it’s still spreading.
That’s how diseases work. The examples that aren’t stopped dead… are what’s left. If a resistant strain infects one vaccinated person, well, guess what strain that person’s going to spread.
Fortunately we can adjust boosters for that variant in a hurry, thanks to this Nobel-prize-winning medicine.