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The Vaccine: Conquering COVID

Thisis, without a doubt, the scariest experience I've hadas a medical researcher, trying...

Francis collins: This
is, without a doubt, the scariest experience I've had
as a medical researcher, trying to meet a challenge,
not that I've not been in challenging,
competitive circumstances

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Francis collins: This is, without a doubt,
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the scariest experience I've had as a medical researcher, trying
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to meet a challenge, not that I've
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not been in challenging, competitive circumstances.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:44
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Glass Entertainment Group

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Movie Summary

A riveting 90-minute report about the race to develop, manufacture and distribute a vaccine for Covid-19 and end the worldwide pandemic.
But I didn't have the feeling that if we made a mistake - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:07
But I didn't have the feeling that if we made a mistake
Narrator: Nih director dr. Francis - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:06
Narrator: Nih director dr. Francis
I looked across what was happening - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:05
I looked across what was happening
And so on April 4, I convened a group of chief scientists - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:19
And so on April 4, I convened a group of chief scientists
We're gonna have to come up with a strategy that coordinates - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:13
We're gonna have to come up with a strategy that coordi...
Narrator: Within just two weeks, the partnership is formed. - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:05
Narrator: Within just two weeks, the partnership is formed.
It's called activ, accelerating covid-19 therapeutic - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:08
It's called activ, accelerating covid-19 therapeutic
We've never done anything like this - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:08
We've never done anything like this
Narrator: While most people have not heard of activ, - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:09
Narrator: While most people have not heard of activ,
Operation warp speed is about to transform the vaccine battle. - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:06
Operation warp speed is about to transform the vaccine battl...
In labs around the world, scientists - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:06
In labs around the world, scientists
Globally, deaths pass 180,000. - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:07
Globally, deaths pass 180,000.
Each month that went by, we had - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:08
Each month that went by, we had
People got so locked into this idea - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:06
People got so locked into this idea
So we missed so many opportunities where - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:05
So we missed so many opportunities where
Narrator: But in the uk, a sign of progress-- - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:13
Narrator: But in the uk, a sign of progress--
It uses a common cold virus that is modified to be harmless - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:11
It uses a common cold virus that is modified to be harmless
Once in your body, the inactivated virus - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:09
Once in your body, the inactivated virus
This prompts your immune system to produce antibodies - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:06
This prompts your immune system to produce antibodies
Carl zimmer: These viruses can slip into cells, because that - The Vaccine: Conquering COVID 00:05
Carl zimmer: These viruses can slip into cells, because that