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The incoming administration notwithstanding, I'd expect it to go faster than the COVID vaccine. First, mRNA technology has now been proven for multiple vaccine
by cameldrv 2y ago
The incoming administration notwithstanding, I'd expect it to go faster than the COVID vaccine.
First, mRNA technology has now been proven for multiple vaccine types, and I think hundreds of millions of people have gotten the COVID mRNA vaccine, so the general safety profile of mRNA is fairly well understood.
Second, Moderna has already done a Phase 3 trial of a combination COVID/Flu mRNA vaccine, with supposedly positive results, although I don't think they have been formally published yet. For other types of flu vaccines, the FDA does not require a new clinical trial for the antigen update for the circulating strain.
Third, the infrastructure for producing mRNA vaccines at scale exists now, which it didn't in 2020.