I’m more comfortable with it as the “tech” behind it (RNA therapeutics) formed a part of my research studies in the 90s although I later focused on neuroscience and then electron microscopy/biomechanics - as a side note, I’ve prepped and viewed viruses directly so anyone (not you) saying they don’t exist highly amuses me.
The roll-out was indeed quicker than before and one can argue there was a need to be quick (novel virus, how lethal was it?, transmission speed, etc) and mRNA vaccine dev is inherently quicker. Indeed, mRNA vaccines were developed for MERS and Rabies a decade ago in a very short time, too, and a lot of the efficacy and safety research/groundwork started back then.
I disagree with your final statement as it ignores the prior research already done, the accelerated research and trialling that was being done, the circumstances at the time, and is made in hindsight. But we can’t agree on everything.
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