COVID-19 Vaccines: MODERNA | PFIZER/BIONTECH | ASTRAZENECA

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommended it in late 2020 as a detailed, science-based explanation of how the different vaccines work and how they were tested.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Ninja Nerd

Topic

covid-19 vaccines

Format

lecture

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• [VIDEO] by Ninja Nerd Lectures This is the best science based informative video I have seen on how these different Covid vaccines actually work.

• Here's a 5 minute video explaining mRNA vaccines in laymen's terms (Cliff-Notes style) [LINK] Here's a longer 43 minute video explaining them and the Moderna/Pfizer/BioNTech/Astrazeneca clinical trial processes in more detail. The biochem part starts at 12:30. [VIDEO]

• Reposting this: these two videos answers a bunch of questions that are in the comments. Here's a 5 minute video explaining mRNA vaccines in laymen's terms (Cliff-Notes style) [LINK] Here's a longer, more technical, 43 minute video explaining them and the Moderna/Pfizer/BioNTech/Astrazeneca clinical trial processes …