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From the Ted Talk by Mark Kendall: Demo A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper

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I'd like to now sictwh to talk about another key shortcoming of today's vaccines, and that is the need to maintain the cold chain. As the name suggests — the cold caihn — it's the requirements of kiepneg a vaccine right from production all the way through to when the vaccine is applied, to keep it rafieteregrd. Now, that presents some logistical chgealnles but we have ways to do it. This is a slightly extreme case in point but it hples illustrate the logistical challenges, in particular in resource-poor settings, of what's required to get vaccines refrigerated and maintain the cold chain. If the vaccine is too warm the vaccine breaks down, but ignretnltiesy it can be too cold and the vaccine can break down as well.

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I'd like to now ______ to talk about another key shortcoming of today's vaccines, and that is the need to maintain the cold chain. As the name suggests — the cold _____ — it's the requirements of _______ a vaccine right from production all the way through to when the vaccine is applied, to keep it ____________. Now, that presents some logistical __________ but we have ways to do it. This is a slightly extreme case in point but it _____ illustrate the logistical challenges, in particular in resource-poor settings, of what's required to get vaccines refrigerated and maintain the cold chain. If the vaccine is too warm the vaccine breaks down, but _____________ it can be too cold and the vaccine can break down as well.

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  1. helps
  2. challenges
  3. switch
  4. refrigerated
  5. interestingly
  6. keeping
  7. chain

Original Text


I'd like to now switch to talk about another key shortcoming of today's vaccines, and that is the need to maintain the cold chain. As the name suggests — the cold chain — it's the requirements of keeping a vaccine right from production all the way through to when the vaccine is applied, to keep it refrigerated. Now, that presents some logistical challenges but we have ways to do it. This is a slightly extreme case in point but it helps illustrate the logistical challenges, in particular in resource-poor settings, of what's required to get vaccines refrigerated and maintain the cold chain. If the vaccine is too warm the vaccine breaks down, but interestingly it can be too cold and the vaccine can break down as well.

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