Yikes Moderna CEO really said this? Never heard a CEO

[Laura PourMeADrink]

be so candid, despite his own shareholders

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-not-going-to-be-good-moderna-ceo-on-what-scientists-are-telling-him-about-the-omicron-coronavirus-variant-11638266621

Moderna MRNA, -4.36% CEO Stéphane Bancel has left no doubt whether he’s taking a glass half-full or half-empty approach to the emergence of the new omicron coronavirus variant.

He told the Financial Times there’s no world where current vaccines are as effective as they have been against the delta variant. And he suggested the drop-off could be significant.

“I think it’s going to be a material drop. I just don’t know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I’ve talked to?.?.?. are like, ‘This is not going to be good’.”

The interview put another scare into financial markets, with futures on the Dow industrials YM00, 0.47% contract losing more than 500 points. “The major vaccine makers have offered timelines of two to six weeks for assessing its vaccine evading capabilities, and in the meantime, travel shutdowns and behaviour modification are a risk

More at link

[unblock]

1. In like 100 days they can have a new vaccine

And sell billions more.

Mutations mean you have to buy vaccine 2.0. Not really a loss even from a business point of view.

[cilla4progress]

2. Also, how viable and available

are the treatments?

[Tomconroy]

3. Dr. Gottlieb thinks the vax will be good

And he has a direct line to the Pfizer brewmeisters. Check the second tweet in the thread in particular:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1465679760948973575?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Dorian Gray]

4. He's on their board, isn't he?

I think it's interesting to note the different tactic that Moderna and Pfizer are taking when talking about this variant and vaccine efficacy against it.

Time will tell.

[Tomconroy]

5. Yes.