[refurb]

If you look back it’s usually a decade or more before a discovery gets a Nobel prize. Which makes sense, since it’s relevance isn’t usually immediately apparent.

[dustintrex]

Yes, but you'd be hard put to argue that there was an invention that got more benefit for humanity than mRNA vaccines in 2021.

[refurb]

Considering we’re about half way through an epidemic with new variants on the horizon I’d argue it’s a little early to start patting ourselves on the back?

[dustintrex]

It's not a silver bullet, but there are millions of people who are not dead now because they got vaccinated.