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The headquarter of their company is only 10 miles from my home, in a university town, full of young people. So blessed that maybe a part of the solution to this crisis comes from "my" region.
That may help offsetting the burden brought to Mainz by having Karneval and ZDF.
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That's excellent. Well done for being so close. Hope nothing bad happens locally that would ever make you apologise for being where you are (from).
I can't quite tell, are you being sarcastic? If so, I'd just like to point out that there's nothing wrong with being proud of the place where you're from or of the accomplishments of the people of the community there.
Why is Pfizer always mentioned in the news when it is BioNTech and Pfizer is "just" a partner? Just as the Chinese drugmaker Fosun is. Sure credit goes to both but this "Dream Team" is BioNTech.
> even on the day of their wedding, both made time for lab work. This would be the definition of pure passion and what it takes to accomplish something like this. These people are a totally different breed compared to people I know. Kudos to them for their achievements.
Why is Pfizer always mentioned in the news when it is BioNTech and Pfizer is "just" a partner? Just as the Chinese drugmaker Fosun is. Sure credit goes to both but this "Dream Team" is BioNTech.
This might have something to do with national bias. In Germany, where BioNTech is based, news articles (or rather: German-language articles) either mention BioNTech exclusively or cite them as the primary player in the BioNTech / Pfizer partnership.
I would rather say nationalistic bias.
Because the fine German press never put a bombastic headlines like "Migrants invented Covid vaccine", or "Scientists of Turkish origin to save millions of German lives".
Somehow these facts are conveniently ignored, but when a person with migration heritage do something bad, it's vocally mentioned in all media, including the mainstream.
Why is Pfizer always mentioned in the news when it is BioNTech and Pfizer is "just" a partner? Just as the Chinese drugmaker Fosun is. Sure credit goes to both but this "Dream Team" is BioNTech.
For a particularly ridiculous example, see athletes in Northern Ireland; the British press often refer to them as British when they win, and Irish when they don't!
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As a resident of Mainz-Kastel, I am offended. The Ebsch Seit enjoys the far superior view across the Rhine.
Is that a double-joke? Or whatever it is being called. Like seemingly a blow against Mainz but what do you see across the Rhine from Kastel? Mainz. there's your superior view ... maybe I'm overthinking it.
This Covid vaccine was created by a German company founded by the children of Turkish immigrants. In this time of open racism and public hostility to immigration, this needs to be pointed out and repeated. It was children of Turkish immigrants to Germany.
> even on the day of their wedding, both made time for lab work. This would be the definition of pure passion and what it takes to accomplish something like this. These people are a totally different breed compared to people I know. Kudos to them for their achievements.
It helps when you own the business, no? Unless people you know are all founders who happen to like frequent time off.
This probably won’t fly over very well on hacker news but the academic literature on CEOs and their work ethic, even down to physiological changes in their blood/saliva related to cortisol, suggests they work hard in general and make many sacrifices.