The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine

Prognosis: Breakthrough

• Episode: The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine
• Website: Prognosis: Breakthrough
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM8995439705
• Duration: 00:16:00
• Published: 2020-10-05 22:31

Dozens of companies are rushing to test and produce a Covid-19 vaccine as fast as possible. But a fringe group of DIY scientists made a bet that without regulatory hurdles, they could produce a vaccine themselves a whole lot faster. But as Kristen V. Brown reports, they learned that making a vaccine that works reliably--and can be proven safe--is incredibly difficult. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com