GoodTaste
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(Background: Now the world has two good vaccines to fight COVID-19. But requirements are different: Pfizer vaccine should be stored at –70°C to ensure its efficacy, while Moderna vaccine can keep it at home refrige temperature (2°C to 8°C) for one month. So Moderna is far more convenient for the world to use it).
The thread supposes a scenario of the competition, the chairman tells the audience who wins. I wonder the ways you native English speakers express:
The Chairman: I hereby declare that Moderna is the victor. (I'm trying to express it in old English used two hundred years ago, not sure I'm close to it or not. How did English people then express it?)
The Chairman: I announce that Moderna is the winner. (I'm trying express it in today's English. How do you native speakers express it? I remember Harry Potter - "Gryffindor wins!" * So I guess the chairman would simply say "Moderna wins!" But the fatasy novel is too peculiar to use it directly in reality)
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‘Just beautiful’: Another COVID-19 vaccine, from newcomer Moderna, succeeds in large-scale trial
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Whereas the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine uses 30 micrograms of mRNA, Moderna’s contains 100. (The company gave an even higher dose of its vaccine in earlier clinical studies, but found it sometimes led to serious side effects.) Both vaccines require two doses separated by several weeks. A key difference is that the Pfizer/BioNTech candidate must be stored at –70°C, whereas Moderna’s can be kept at –20°C. Moderna revealed today that once thawed, its vaccine can remain stable for 30 days at 2°C to 8°C, home refrigerator temperatures. In much of the world, maintaining a cold chain for a –70°C vaccine presents formidable challenges, and even –20°C presents obstacles.
Source: Science Nov. 16, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...e-newcomer-moderna-succeeds-large-scale-trial
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The thread supposes a scenario of the competition, the chairman tells the audience who wins. I wonder the ways you native English speakers express:
The Chairman: I hereby declare that Moderna is the victor. (I'm trying to express it in old English used two hundred years ago, not sure I'm close to it or not. How did English people then express it?)
The Chairman: I announce that Moderna is the winner. (I'm trying express it in today's English. How do you native speakers express it? I remember Harry Potter - "Gryffindor wins!" * So I guess the chairman would simply say "Moderna wins!" But the fatasy novel is too peculiar to use it directly in reality)
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‘Just beautiful’: Another COVID-19 vaccine, from newcomer Moderna, succeeds in large-scale trial
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Whereas the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine uses 30 micrograms of mRNA, Moderna’s contains 100. (The company gave an even higher dose of its vaccine in earlier clinical studies, but found it sometimes led to serious side effects.) Both vaccines require two doses separated by several weeks. A key difference is that the Pfizer/BioNTech candidate must be stored at –70°C, whereas Moderna’s can be kept at –20°C. Moderna revealed today that once thawed, its vaccine can remain stable for 30 days at 2°C to 8°C, home refrigerator temperatures. In much of the world, maintaining a cold chain for a –70°C vaccine presents formidable challenges, and even –20°C presents obstacles.
Source: Science Nov. 16, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...e-newcomer-moderna-succeeds-large-scale-trial
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