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Katalin Karikó, Vice President of BioNTech, received the Public Media of the Year award for the first time. One of the vaccines against the Covid-19 disease caused by the coronavirus was developed based on the biochemical patent.
I myself always knew that what I was doing was important, but I was not expecting any awards, I was not working for awards.
Kossuth Radio said Thursday. The researcher is also glad to be recognized by the public media because it will bring other researchers more attention and better recognition of their work and rank in society in the future, but it may also spark the interest of young people in their scientific careers.
Many refer to the researcher as a candidate for the Nobel Prize. However, he claimed that he did not think about such things, he did not expect anything.
He was also very pleased with the vaccine, giving people hope that their lives would return to normal, he emphasized, adding that he was very pleased to be applauded by doctors and nurses waiting to be vaccinated at the University of Pennsylvania.
I think I cried myself
He recalled the researcher, who received the first vaccine on December 18. As you said, you will get the second vaccine in early January, but according to statistics, even the first one provides 88 percent protection. She responded to a question from the presenter that the injection site no longer hurt and she was experiencing no side effects.
Katalin Karikó receives many inquiries, as she said, she tries to answer everything. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also congratulated him.
We are happy to have achieved such results, and that will solve this big problem and end the epidemic.
Said the biochemist, and also spoke about the fact that the Prime Minister also asked his opinion about vaccines, how they work, how different is the new vaccine from the old ones.
For next year, the researcher wants it to be a virus-free year, for people to be able to return to their families and reunite without fear, to be able to do the Olympics, go to the theater, to concerts. Added:
And forget about everything: the virus, the vaccine, me too, I enjoy life back to the old wheel.
The University of Debrecen and the National Center for Public Health play the leading role.
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