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Belinda Smith

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The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

So you've got this new facility which has been open since the end of last year.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

How quickly can that produce vaccines?

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

If there was a pandemic, I don't know, tomorrow, God forbid, how quickly could you turn around and start producing vaccines against a particular, just say it's a flu virus that becomes...

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

A pandemic.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

How does that compare to if you had the egg-based way of making vaccines?

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

How much quicker is that?

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

So that's flu cell vax.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

CSL Circus also makes Fluad, which is for older people.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Is that still made in eggs?

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

I noticed that two of the three flu strains in the egg-based and cell-based vaccines are the same, but one of the influenza A strains is different.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

So it's a Singapore strain in the egg-based shots and Sydney strain in the cell-based shots.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Why is that?

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Chris Larkins, Head of Operations at CSL Securus.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Thanks, Bill.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Yes, let's leave planet Earth for just a minute for our second instalment of Weather Off Earth, where we check out the conditions on other planets.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Last time, we looked at rain.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Today, it's wind.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Now, Robin, a quick question for you.

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

What's the strongest non-tornado wind recorded on Earth?

The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

You've gone too high.