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The discovery being rewarded was made before biontech.

• mtalantikite 3y ago
  Well yes, clearly -- 2005 is before 2008. But it's interesting to see who gets selected when so many other researchers end up being involved with these major technologies before and after a single paper.
  • heyoni 3y ago
    lol what a stupid response. Don’t blame me for answering a simple question simply
    • mtalantikite 3y ago
      No disrespect meant. However, I don't think it's a simple question.
      • heyoni 3y ago
        Sorry I just think this is actually one of the simpler Nobel prizes and I’m fairly certain they weren’t even in the picture when the discovery was made. I worked in a lab with “Nobel winning lineage” and the ego fights always come up so I get kind of tired of it coming up lol. Sorry I responded so harshly.
        • dang 3y ago
          Thanks for recovering your balance so quickly. I posted a moderation reply to the GP comment and then saw this and realized it wasn't necessary!
          • heyoni 3y ago
            I was being stupid, sorry. You might not believe this but I actually forgot to put on my nicotine patch this morning.
      • dang 3y ago
        Thanks for reacting so neutrally and in the intended spirit of the site: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. That's not always so easy!
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