Moderna said on Thursday its updated vaccine is effective against the Eris and Fornax COVID-19 variants

  • @yenahmik
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    51 year ago

    This isn’t the announcement, just news that there will be one

    And that’s my issue with it. Why do we need an announcement that an announcement is coming? In the future, will we get an announcement announcing the impending announcement of an announcement? It’s just absurdism to me. Just wait until the final announcement with all necessary details.

    • quirzle
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      31 year ago

      Why do we need an announcement that an announcement is coming?

      The honest answer is that these sites make money off traffic, so they have no incentive to wait for actual concrete news instead of just churning out another headline with “Biden” and “COVID” in it to generate some clicks.

    • snooggums
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      31 year ago

      This is the teaser for the trailer before the official release.

      • admiralteal
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        31 year ago

        And then the trailer will start with a 5 second eyecatch trailer to convince you to watch the trailer you just looked up to watch.

        Eventually the 5 second eyecatch will itself need a zinger.

    • HeartyBeast
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      11 year ago

      This is how it goes.

      Thursday: Moderna announces new vaccine

      Whitehouse Correspondent: “When will Americans be able to get this new vaccine?”

      Press secretary: checks notes “We will make further announcements in the autun whjen we have details and will urge all Americans to have a booster”

      Correspondent: Excellent - 400 words there for the news desk.

      It will, no doubt be useful as a heads-up to health-care folk, to start thinking about planning a new vaccination programme.