WEBVTT - Introducing: Long Shot

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<v Speaker 1>Ever since coronavirus became the biggest story in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>vaccines have been our greatest hope to stop it. It

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<v Speaker 1>just felt like everything was closed off, and so it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>what can I do to get everything to return back

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<v Speaker 1>to normal as soon as possible, because I felt just

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<v Speaker 1>so hopeless. The coronavirus vaccines were produced in record time,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're not slap dash overnight inventions. Their culmination of

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<v Speaker 1>centuries of research and advances. To figure out how they began,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to probe history, myths and legends. A thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago, the son of a local governor got

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<v Speaker 1>very sick from smallpox. This sickness, as caused by inoculation,

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<v Speaker 1>is not unto death. Human history has been shaped by plagues, pandemics, viruses,

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<v Speaker 1>and diseases and the fight against them. Today, they're in

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<v Speaker 1>combat more than ever. My name is Shawn Revive. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a journalist and I'm hosting a podcast called long Shot,

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<v Speaker 1>the two fifty year Journey to the COVID nineteen Vaccines.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna take you deep into the science and the

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<v Speaker 1>people behind the coronavirus vaccines and learn how the fight

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<v Speaker 1>against disease influences our daily lives. We'll learn about the incentives, experiments,

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<v Speaker 1>and accidents that drove vaccine development and the long shadow

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<v Speaker 1>of vaccine fears. And we'll talk with people who study viruses,

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<v Speaker 1>viruses that evolved along with our species. Much like a

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<v Speaker 1>transformer going from a car to a robot, parts of

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<v Speaker 1>the protein just start moving and refolding. Really just asking

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<v Speaker 1>the immune system to do what it does on a

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<v Speaker 1>regular basis. There are some sacrifices you wanna have to make,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are some trials you're gonna have to go through,

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<v Speaker 1>and failures that might have to happen, but failure is

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<v Speaker 1>always progress in a certain sense. And we'll meet some

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<v Speaker 1>of the great minds behind the global effort to get

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<v Speaker 1>us out of this pandemic. Yeah, I think it might

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<v Speaker 1>be the defining point of my of my career. I

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<v Speaker 1>think will always be remembered for this. But I mean

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<v Speaker 1>i'd rather I wish I wasn't. I honestly wish I wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish it never happened. I keep waiting for the

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<v Speaker 1>other shoe to drop on these vaccines, and it hasn't happened.

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<v Speaker 1>So join me as I explore the two fifty year

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<v Speaker 1>journey to the COVID nineteen vaccines from My Heart Radio

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<v Speaker 1>and School of Humans. This is long shot, launching August four,