COVID-19 Vaccines: MODERNA | PFIZER/BIONTECH | ASTRAZENECA
What it is
A Ninja Nerd whiteboard lecture on the Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. It covers how each works, the preclinical and phase I-III trial process, and Operation Warp Speed.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommended it in late 2020 as a detailed, science-based explanation of how the different vaccines work and how they were tested.
- 4 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2021
What HN commenters said
“This is the best science based informative video I have seen on how these different Covid vaccines actually work.”
Explains how the different Covid vaccines work
tibbydudeza, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK”
“Here's a longer 43 minute video explaining them and the Moderna/Pfizer/BioNTech/Astrazeneca clinical trial processes in more detail.”
Detailed look at mRNA vaccines and clinical trials, biochem from 12:30
wenc, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “FDA approves Pfizer vaccine – UC Santa Cruz scientists explain how it works”
“He goes through the entire biochem process.”
Walks through the whole biochemistry of mRNA vaccine response
djsumdog, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine”
“I recommend listening to this lecture about the process”
Lecture on the vaccine clinical trial process
AareyBaba, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018)”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: mrna, clinical trials, pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, immunology
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