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My wife works in biotech in Cambridge Mass, and the rumor is that Moderna is the next Theranos, and I heard this a couple years ago. So much so her PI recommend
by seibelj 6y ago
My wife works in biotech in Cambridge Mass, and the rumor is that Moderna is the next Theranos, and I heard this a couple years ago. So much so her PI recommended she not take a job there after grad school. Zero products and a thousand employees. This vaccine is also exceptionally good timing for their next equity raise, along with the CEO aggressively selling his stock.
- RyanShook 6y agoMy main concern is reading that there are no mRNA vaccines on the market but this would be the first. Really want to believe and hope in this vaccine but there are some red flags.
- djsumdog 6y agoMassive red flags. No mRNA vaccine has made it to human trials, and all earlier attempts at vaccines for other coronaviruses (such as SARS/MERS) had some pretty bad side-effects such as immune enhancement. Generating antibodies is one thing, but there have been SARS1 vaccines that generated antibodies and made the results worse: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8218 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8218 Keep in mind we don't have vaccines for HIV or Herpes, but we do have effective drug treatment. It's much more likely we'll see a compound or procedure saving people from ARDS/Pneumonia than from a vaccine any time soon: https://battlepenguin.com/politics/this-is-not-a-time-of-honor#vacinations-should-not-be-made-in-a-year https://battlepenguin.com/politics/this-is-not-a-time-of-hon...