Meet the scientists who created a successful Covid-19 vaccine.
 | By Paula Szuchman Managing Producer, Opinion Audio |
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In the pantheon of power couples, there’s Harry and Meghan, Kim and Kanye, Barack and Michelle and now Ugur and Ozlem — a duo with the power to eradicate Covid-19. |
Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci are the founders of BioNTech, whose vaccine — which was 95 percent effective in late-stage clinical trials — was approved by Britain yesterday. Inoculations are expected to start there next week, and the United States’ Food and Drug Administration could approve the vaccine around the same time. |
On today’s episode of the Opinion podcast, “Sway,” Kara Swisher talks to Ugur and Ozlem about how they made the vaccine (dubbed the “Pfizer vaccine” after the company they partnered with), how it happened so quickly and how it works. The scientists are Germans of Turkish descent, which has landed them at the center of an immigration debate. They also happen to be married (talk about #couplegoals). |
So while you wait for your own vaccine, get to know the people who created one. |
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