I think it’s natural to have a certain level of skepticism about a new method of doing something. I actually share some skepticism that the Moderna vaccine will wind up being as effective as - for example - the Oxford vaccine. I don’t see an issue with the technology (in theory it’s all quite sound), but I do think that it’s quite complex and will probably require some incremental improvements before it will achieve its full potential as a game-changer.
The phase 1 and phase 2 trials have gone well enough that the FDA approved phase 3 and Moderna believes it has a usable product that will get final approval. Those phase 3 trials cost an absolute fortune and something like 90% of drug and vaccine candidates die in or before the start of phase 3 trials because of those costs. Moderna has spent 10 years on the technology. Other drug companies have worked on it even longer. Hopefully their work pays off, because if it does, we can save a lot of lives in the future.
Moderna is producing a poison.