(SPOOKY MUSIC PLAYS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
I've done it!
I've finally done it! (THUNDER RUMBLES)
What?
I've created the thing we've all been waiting for -
my most perfect achievement yet!
Oh, that guy?
(GRUNTS)
(COUGHS)
No. No, no, no.
Between you and me, that was a big mistake.
Huge. No, no, no.
I've created...
..this - the COVID-19 vaccine!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
OK, that's not exactly how things work
in the real scientific world...
..but actual scientists across the globe
have been getting excited about the news
that we might finally have a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19.
It's such a great day for science and humanity.
You know, I've never felt, professionally, such a moment of joy
to put an end to this dreadful pandemic.
MAN: I have to say,
this is really a very important scientific breakthrough.
I'm certain of that.
You might already know that a vaccine works
by teaching our bodies how to fight against a disease,
which then helps to protect us from that disease
the next time we encounter it.
But creating a vaccine is a long process
that usually takes years of research and three big phases of testing,
on humans, that is...
Huh?!
..to make sure it's both safe and effective.
Now, in record time, this company says
it's in the final phase of human trials
on a COVID-19 vaccine.
Its human trials involved more than 43,000 volunteers
across a few different countries,
and it says people who had the vaccine
had no serious side effects
and were much less likely
to get COVID-19.
In fact, it says the vaccine
seems to be effective
more than 90% of the time.
While that sounds like great news, some experts and world leaders say
we shouldn't be like these two and get ahead of ourselves.
We cannot let our enthusiasm tonight run away with us, folks.
It's more vital than ever now that we follow the...the basics,
that we wait and see whether this vaccine
lives up to its promise.
For the foreseeable future,
a mask remains the most potent weapon
against the virus.
The results of the trial haven't all been released yet,
and they haven't been reviewed
by other people in the scientific community.
Plus, there's the issue of getting the vaccine out there
to billions of people.
This vaccine uses some pretty new technology,
which means it has to be stored and transported
at the really low temperature of minus 80 degrees.
But if the vaccine does get approved,
the company says it'll put 1.3 billion doses out there
by the end of 2021.
And Australia's government has signed up
to get 10 million doses of the vaccine,
and a few other vaccines that are in the works.
These results are very promising, and I'm optimistic
and hopeful about next year.
So, while it's definitely not the end of this scientific journey,
it's certainly a step in the right direction,
and preferably a big step away from whatever these guys are doing.
(GROANS)
Excuse me, but has this vaccine been peer-reviewed
by the scientific community?
I didn't understand a word it said. Did you?
(GROANS) No, no.
No, no, no.