# How the Pandemic Changed Views on Cell and Gene Therapy

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2114339457813901367
- Source account: [@babetta123](https://x.com/babetta123)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:42
- Published: 2026-10-31
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YQRST7vomwfv/en/how-the-pandemic-changed-views-on-cell-and-gene-therapy

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YQRST7vomwfv/en/how-the-pandemic-changed-views-on-cell-and-gene-therapy) Uh, we're really taking that leap, uh, us as a company buyer, uh, in cell and gene therapy, which to me is one of these examples where really we're going to make a difference hopefully, uh, moving forward.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YQRST7vomwfv/en/how-the-pandemic-changed-views-on-cell-and-gene-therapy?t=12) There are some, um, ultimately the, uh, the mRNA vaccines, uh, are an example for that, uh, cell and gene therapy.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YQRST7vomwfv/en/how-the-pandemic-changed-views-on-cell-and-gene-therapy?t=18) I always like to say if we had surveyed two years ago, uh, in the public, would you be willing to take a, a gene th- gene or cell therapy and inject it into your body?

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YQRST7vomwfv/en/how-the-pandemic-changed-views-on-cell-and-gene-therapy?t=29) We would have probably had a 95% refusal rate.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YQRST7vomwfv/en/how-the-pandemic-changed-views-on-cell-and-gene-therapy?t=32) I think, uh, this pandemic has also opened many people's eyes to, to innovation in the way that, uh, was maybe not possible before