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by nyc 991 days ago
The 4th paragraph in the Nobel Prize press release suggests that it's because mRNA based vaccines are easier to scale up and mass produce in response to a pandemic:

"Producing whole virus-, protein- and vector-based vaccines requires large-scale cell culture. This resource-intensive process limits the possibilities for rapid vaccine production in response to outbreaks and pandemics."