Why Did I Become A Doctor South Africa

Why Did I Become a Vaccinologist? | Daniel Kapelus

7 June 2026 · 1:40:52 · Episode 43

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Daniel Kapelus had never heard the word vaccinology before 2019. By 2020, he was rotating through real COVID-19 clinical trials as a master's student at Wits — thrown into one of the most consequential public health moments in living memory. In this conversation, Daniel breaks down how vaccines actually work, why the COVID vaccines were developed so quickly without cutting corners, what mRNA technology does inside…

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