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Originally Posted by Major Major
Doesn't timeline also assume that Pfizer is the only one that has created an effective vaccine? If more companies have success, I would imagine shouldering the load would speed things up.
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Yep. If this one works, there isn't a lot of reason to think that the Moderna one (a very similar mRNA vaccine ) wouldn't work. And really, the same goes for the other ones that produced antibodies in phase 1/2 trials. They're all targeting the same spike protein, so chances are they're all going to work to some degree, with some differences in overall efficacy across different age groups, level of side effects, and possible duration of immunity.