Stateside's conversation with Dr. Howard Markel
Crowds cheered this weekend as the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine rolled out of the production plant in Portage, Michigan. It was an emotional moment for some health care workers, too, as they became the first in the state to receive vaccinations. This historic step brings a cautious hope at the end of a devastating year. It also highlights how vaccine production has changed amid shifts in American science, medicine, and culture over the past several decades.
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“There has never been a faster process, from discovering a newly emerging infectious disease and getting it all the way to a workable and usable vaccine in basically under a year,” said