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The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine

The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine

FromPrognosis: Losing it


The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine

FromPrognosis: Losing it

ratings:
Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dozens of companies are rushing to test and produce a Covid-19 vaccine as fast as possible. But a fringe group of DIY scientists made a bet that without regulatory hurdles, they could produce a vaccine themselves a whole lot faster. But as Kristen V. Brown reports, they learned that making a vaccine that works reliably--and can be proven safe--is incredibly difficult.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Oct 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For much of human history, we’ve turned to diets to lose weight and improve our health. But it’s mostly been in vain. No matter how much the number on the scale drops begins to go down, chances are that the weight will come back. That’s just what the science says. But when it comes to weight, the facts just don’t seem to matter. Losing It, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, looks at how we got weight loss so wrong — and whether there’s a better way forward.