Epidemic / S1E53: The Vaccines are Coming / Kizzmekia Corbett, Sree Chaguturu, Julie Rosenberg

Scientists were able to create vaccines for the coronavirus in record-breaking time. That speed has saved countless lives but it’s also made some feel the process was rushed. But what many people don’t know is that the research that helped build the vaccine had been in the works for years.

Dr. Celine Gounder is the host of EPIDEMIC, a podcast about the public health and science of the coronavirus pandemic. In this excerpt from the podcast she speaks to Kizzmekia Corbett, an NIH scientist whose research into coronaviruses was key to the development of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine.

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