vaccine but we never use for the same reasons. so doing the same with omicron right now. we will not have wasted any time. so, you so you put resources into developing a vaccine for delta when delta was rising in the thought that it might if that became the dominant strain and the current vaccine didn t work, you would have that ready to go but you didn t use that? exactly. and the same. exactly the same. so, moderna s chief medical officer says his company is also developing an omicron-specific booster that would take two to three months to get into testing and then production. you said pfizer could do the same 100 days or less. is that a window that can be narrowed depending on how the the work goes? i think, likely, would be the window because we have measured it twice almost to the day. this means that around 60 days on the development, we will have clinical production of a vaccine so that we can go and test it in humans.
resources into developing a vaccine for delta when delta was rising in the thought that it might if that became the dominant strain and the current vaccine didn t work, you would have that ready to go but you didn t use that? exactly. and the same. exactly the same. so, moderna s chief medical officer says his company is also developing an omicron-specific booster that would take two to three months to get into testing and then production. you said pfizer could do the same 100 days or less. is that a window that can be narrowed depending on how the the work goes? i think, likely, would be the window because we have measured it twice almost to the day. this means that around 60 days on the development, we will have clinical production of a vaccine so that we can go and test it in humans. and then, within 95 days, we will have the full results of of this trial. and the most important is that if we have the vaccine and it s needed and it works, we should
a lot of people say it s prove that the vaccine didn t work for you, look at colin powell, he s dead now, didn t work for him even though there were extenuating circumstances, he was 84 years old. dealing with a serious cancer. but there are a lot of people from whom i ve heard who are use using this as a reminder it s not worth it, getting vaccinated is not worth it. what do you tell them? neil, i would use your example as the prime example in fact why people should think about this in the other way. yours is a perfect example of had you not been vaccinated and had you contracted the virus, you ve been transparent about your underlying susceptibles ties, and had you not been vaccinated, we d not be talking to you, you d still in be an icu. that s speculation, but i think
science and government to bring us to children. i want to ask you about powell, he was double vaccinated and had the best medical care. we learned he was immunocompromised because of medical conditions he suffered from. what would you say to people, see, the vaccine didn t work, he was vaccinated and all those things. what would you say about the death of colin powell and what it means for them? it was unfortunate, general powell was truly a great, great american and very sad that he passed away. as he himself, i knew general powell an extraordinary man. he would tell you go ahead and get vaccinated. his case was extremely unusual. he s a man n his mid-80s who had
first doses into everybody as well as working to get booster doses in those who have already been vaccinated. let s talk about booster doses because the fda is set to improve a mix and match vaccine approach. what s your take on that? should we all be trying to get a booster shot when it returns or do we need to stick with the shot we got before? i don t want to get ahead of the process. the fda will come out with recommendations on whether the vaccine should be approved. the advisory committee of the cdc will take it up later this week and the best way to use those vaccines that have been approved. we ll see what they say. i think the bottom line message is we don t want people to be confused if there is a problem with these vaccines right now. we ve heard that repeatedly over the last several days, the vaccine didn t work. these vaccines are simply remarkable but they re not perfect. what we re learning as we go on,