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The science and politics of the new mRNA flu vaccine

SciFri· 211K subscribers

13d ago · en-US audio

A new mRNA flu vaccine made by Moderna was approved by the FDA in August, and is currently available for people aged 50 and over. The promise of an mRNA vaccine for flu is that it can be spun up more quickly than a traditional vaccine, meaning it could better match the flu strain that’s circulating.   Is that what happened this year? How are the side effects? And how has dysfunction at the health agencies impacted…

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48.5K views ÷ a 2.2K baseline = 22.1×. Compared with 22 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.

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54 videos from 20 other channels, with each channel weighted equally. Same format and language, with 100,000–999,999 subscribers. Observed at 323 hours after publication, within ±48 hours.

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