

Malcolm Sim
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@mjwsim
MRC Career Development Fellow - group leader @UniofOxford. Medical Research Fellow @CorpusOxford. Also on https://t.co/voX9Vygwwz opinions my own
















Lots of people saying ‘why can’t we do this humans?’ We are doing this in humans… Why do you think all this tech already exists!

Sorry to be the downer because this is an impressive story in some senses. But it is ~trivially easy to make a single mRNA vaccine. It's not hard. I cure mice of various cancers with various therapeutics all the time. I've made mice lose more weight in a month than tirzepatide does in a year. What is hard and expensive is proving its BOTH safe AND effective **in a randomized and controlled study in humans** while ALSO manufacturing it at clinical scale and grade. I am happy for this man and his dog. It is impressive. But y'all are overhyping it.


Today found out the Yanks do not have e-transfer and they have to pay to use shitty apps to move money around
