The decades of development behind mRNA vaccine technology

Although the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have been hailed for their rapid development, the technology had been in the works for decades. Doctor Jon LaPook explains how the science behind some of those vaccines could be deployed against other deadly diseases moving forward.

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[tccomments]

If they've been developing it for so long then why do they need another 75 years before they'll release the data?

[johnlennon]

Decades of development and amazingly prepared and ready for this pandemic in a jiffy.

[richyp]

Hey CBS, can you do a story on this V-AIDS in the vaccinated that we keep hearing about?

[martinmartins]

Yet it still doesn't work very well lol

[hildawilson]

Hmmm amazing how nobody is mentioning the moderna patented dna from 2016 that is found in SARS Cov2.

[robotron]

Official EMA statement (FDA of EU): *"The long-term safety of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is unknown at present"* - Nov. 25, 2021

[benb]

Decades of failure, then, "hey, we can now sell it without liability?"

[drunkytheclown]

I'll stick with my natural immunity.

[emmapeel]

nRNA might be specifically targeted for this virus but that does NOT mean it doesn't do other things to your body.
ex: 3 great aunts all died with 72 hours of 1st shot. 2 older uncles had strokes & eventually died in hospital (slow terrible deaths where every organ inflamed & collapsed)

[TheLastDeadCat]

Decades making something that doesn't work. HMMMM

[mrsilverblack]

REMEMBER FOLKS IF YOU HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION OR DIE YOU CANT SUE

[emilyc]

Moderna patented Covid-19 gene sequence in 2016...

[royburnacoven]

It killed a lot of animals during the experiments.

[Punaeased]

You mean the WEEKS of development? Lmao

[garettanderson]

Eugenics have been around way longer than a few decades.

[krl]

you can have decades on the 'vaccine' but until you have something to use it on all that research goes out the window. yes it might be fine in a healthy test subject. but how will it work in a subject who is sick? you have no idea until you test it, and like the human gestational period, you can't rush it and in some cases may not be able to fully understand how it reacts for YEARS.

[PJ-nsum]

“Vaccine development is a long, complex process, often lasting 10-15 years
and involving a combination of public and private involvement.”

-The College of physician of philadelphia:

[garettanderson]

How long did it take to develope the virus?

[rawbacon]

A lot of failed things have decades of development.

[Chicken_Little_Syndrome]

Decades of failure and nothing has changed.