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Well, vaccines are magic. They can save lives.
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Everybody thinks, you know, when they hear, okay, you're going to stay locked down until
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there's a vaccine. And as Bill Gates said, a magical vaccine. They're thinking that
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all the vaccines are going to do what we've been told vaccines do, which is to give
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everybody who gets one lifetime immunity and no, you know, major health problems.
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What are the chances they're actually going to get a vaccine like that?
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I would say zero. Here's what I predict. I predict you're going to be seeing Bill Gates
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and Tony Fauci week after week dampening expectations about the vaccine. They
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originally saying it's a magical vaccine we're going to give to everybody and everybody is
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going to get the immune. And they're going to say, well, actually only 80% of people will
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be immune. And then they'll say 70% and they'll say 50%. And then they'll say 20%. But
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it's still worth it to have 20%. And they'll try to sell us on that.
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All right. Breaking news. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer just announced moments ago that
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its coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective. Meg, we should point out that Pfizer shares
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are up by about 3% on this news. Obviously more good news there. 91%. 90% efficacy rate.
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This is a great vaccine. Great day for humanity. Great day for science. Great day for the markets.
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Check this out because it's got to be purchased, manufactured, and then there has to be money
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there for it to be purchased. And so the world needs to put up more money.
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Their vaccine's efficacy against COVID dropped from 96% to 84%. 80% effective after just one
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dose. Just a single dose. A reduction of 75%. Those lines go down. Which fell below 50%.
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You can't even keep up with this because it's moving so quickly. 42%. 30 to 40%.
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Vaccine provides just 33% protection. We know no vaccine lasts forever. So the
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protection starts to wane a bit. And that's what the boost is all about.
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And then they're going to say, well, vaccine, yeah, it's not actually lifetime immunity.
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Immunity only lasts for one year, one season. And actually, maybe not even that. Maybe only
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two or three months. And then you have to get another one.
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It may not offer protection for a lifetime. It's not a one and done.
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Booster, so-called third dose. It is confusing to people.
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It really is going to be about focusing on getting that shot just once a year.
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Much simpler, much easier to do. Don't worry so much about the
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number of boosters. Worry about when you got your last booster.
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It's the CEO of Moderna, Stephane Foncell. What a blowout quarter. Congratulations to you.
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Oh yeah, we definitely think it's going to be like a flu shot. COVID is not going away.
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It's interesting.
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And that's why we're also working on combining flu and COVID so it's easier.
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So you are the COVID competitor.
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The new updated COVID-19 vaccine is the most.
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And that's my prediction. I could be wrong, but I would say zero. And
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all you have to do is look at the flu vaccine.
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Well, thank you for, uh, for illuminating all of this for us today.
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I want to leave on a positive note, but it's like, uh, wow, we're screwed.
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And that's the magic of this thing, but there's no doubt in the next five years,
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we can, you know, we just need to mess around.