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by causi 1712 days ago
I have to say, awarding it for mRNA research could easily save lives by turning a few of the vaccine-hesitant.
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Turning the Nobel Prize political does not seem like a good thing even if the cause is noble this time.
How? Pretty sure scientists praising other scientists isn't what those people are looking for.
I somewhat doubt that anti-vaxxers even care about the Nobel Prize.
As I said in another comment, Egas Moniz won the Nobel prize in medicine for the lobotomy procedure for mentally-ill people!!