The whole world is waiting in anticipation for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, whether it comes from Pfizer or BioNTech or Moderna’s mRNA-1273, or even Russia’s Sputnik V. We have to give credit today to two people who are the founders of BioNTech, the brains behind the discovery of the vaccine, which will hopefully deliver us from this pandemic: Dr. Ugur Sahin and Dr. Ozlem Tureci. A recent BBC documentary I was listening to by chance in the middle of the night mentions the fact that the vaccine has to be stored at a temperature 80 degrees below zero, and some countries may not be ready with this important and crucial facility. Your fridge freezer is only 20 degrees below zero. There are 2 doses to be given in the vaccine. According to Pfizer’s preliminary findings, protection from COVID-10 in patients was achieved 7 days after the second of two doses, and 28 days after the first dose. Thank you Drs Sahin and Tureci. In the meantime, we wait and pray...and wash our hands....and keep our social distancing....and wear our mask.
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