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Prognosis: Breakthrough
On the outskirts of Marburg, a small college town in Germany, coronavirus vaccine manufacturer BioNTech has spent five frantic months renovating one of its factories to produce mRNA. Demand for the vaccine has been so massive that the Pfizer-BioNTech partnership canβt meet it with its existing facilities--hence the race to retrofit factories that weren't initially designed to support the vaccine. Naomi Kresge reports that success would mean being able to vaccinate about 375 million more people per year, and help bring the pandemic under control. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comNext Episodes
Racing to Update the Vaccines For Variants @ Prognosis: Breakthrough
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The Bitter Fight Over What's Safe For Schools @ Prognosis: Breakthrough
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The Covid Symptoms Hidden in Our Voices @ Prognosis: Breakthrough
π 2021-02-05 22:35 / β 00:16:38
The Career Problem-Solver Taking on the Pandemic @ Prognosis: Breakthrough
π 2021-02-03 22:39 / β 00:14:14
Some Health Workers Can't Get a Vaccine @ Prognosis: Breakthrough
π 2021-02-01 21:00 / β 00:13:15