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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future.

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I bet Bill Gates is feeling really cheated right about now. All those years iterating through the different versions Windows and 5G, building the perfect virus, only to have these two quacks steal his thunder.

[–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Bill Gates's work may make him eligible for the peace prize, but he is NOT a doctor, clinician, or medical researcher. He shouldn't be eligible for the medicine prize.

[–] cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago