On 28 Sep 2023, the movie The Vaccine War by Vivek Agnihotri was released internationally, as the story behind India’s Covid-19 vaccine development. While there will be many a review written, as for other movies, a technical review is important, as the film is supposed to be fact-based, on the science and scientists behind the science. This write-up is such a technical review. “The Vaccine War:” The Good
Let us first list the several things which it got right.
> Choice of vaccine technology: The movie explains that Covaxin chose the traditional vaccine technology of inactivated virus, rather than the untested mRNA platform. The mRNA platform also would have required sub-zero temperatures during storage and rollout, which would have caused a logistical nightmare. So this was the right choice for the right technical reason.
Keeping Pfizer out of India: The movie commends the government of India for keeping Pfizer […]
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