Friedberg: Pandemic mRNA acceleration will save millions from cancer and genetic diseases
David Friedberg · E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move · Dec 17, 2021 · at 1:14:55
David Friedberg answers Jason Calacanis's question about whether the rapid authorization of mRNA vaccines during COVID-19 will lead to a net positive in total lives saved.
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“Perhaps the pandemic was the accelerant we needed to get more of these to market faster and millions of people whose lives would have been lost or would be lost otherwise to cancer and other genetic diseases and so on over the years to come will be saved because these therapies will get to market faster.”
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