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There is a light at the end of this 

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tunnel . It's not a train . We are . We 

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are going to get a We are going to get 

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past this virus . Any questions about 

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the vaccine ? Navy medicine really has 

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been involved to a great extent . Um , 

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you know , our primary job is force 

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health protection for both Navy and 

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Marine . First and foremost , our job 

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is to provide guidance . And so we work 

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very closely with the line line , both 

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Navy and Marine , to produce best 

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evidence scientific guidance so that we 

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can continue to operate and do our jobs 

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in the field . I think it's important 

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for everybody to recognize what a 

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remarkable achievement the vaccines are . 

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There is a perception that they were 

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developed quickly , but in fact , the 

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work that led to the rapid production 

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of the M RNA vaccines has been in 

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development well over a decade . And so 

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so it was a matter of taking the 

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specific virus and and using the genome , 

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the RNA sequence , you know , putting a 

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segment of that into this structure 

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that had been developed over about a 

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decade , and it really is remarkable 

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as we face variants that same process 

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can be used to adjust the vaccine . And 

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so , rather than think of them as , as 

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you know , developed very quickly . In 

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fact , it was really just the capstone 

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of a process that's been going on for 

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several years . Initially , 

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the biggest struggle with the vaccine 

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was just having enough . And so we're 

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at the point now where as soon as 

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vaccine has received , our teams are 

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being able to get it into people's arms . 

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And so , but obviously , as more 

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vaccine comes online , we will ramp up 

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on the on the administration side to 

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keep up with the availability of the 

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vaccine . For all who have leaned 

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forward both in the military and 

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outside the military , who have been 

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disciplined , who have practiced the 

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non pharmaceutical interventions that 

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public health measures who have lined 

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up and gotten their vaccine , Uh , and 

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who look after their neighbors and 

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their community members . Thank you