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Weather climbs are usually reserved for pop stars and, more rarely, politicians. For scientists, they are almost unknown. On November 9, Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin were catapulted onto the world stage in one go. The Biontech research company they founded reported on the world’s first major breakthrough in fighting the corona pandemic: The BNT162b2 candidate vaccine developed in Mainz was found to be more than 90 percent effective in a large-scale clinical study. . Almost all the subjects who were vaccinated were saved from Covid-19.
A sensation And above all: a ray of hope. 1.3 billion doses of the vaccine are expected to be distributed worldwide over the next year. The end of the pandemic is within our reach. Since then Şahin and Türeci can hardly save themselves from the spotlight, the world press has its heart for the Turkish couple. Germany find out: she is the medical director, the CEO of Biontech, the two have been married for 18 years. So far, Şahin has mostly spoken in interviews, this is their first big conversation together, via zoom, from their apartment in Mainz. They are both so relaxed as if nothing is wrong.
