While the title of this article is accurate it’s deceiving. She was demoted sometime in the 1980-1990s. The article even says she stopped working for the school in 2013 and went to work for a pharma firm. The article even says she went pack to UPenn this year to get her vaccine.
It's also misleading in other ways (perhaps unintentionally). For example:
> After six years, her bosses at Penn were reportedly so frustrated by the lack of momentum that they cut her salary and demoted her.
Actually, she was denied tenure. At most universities, going up for tenure after 6 years is just part of the process, and it's fairly common for people to be denied. It's not like they singled her out.
... and being denied tenure is a pretty clear signal that it's time to move on. You're branded now, and there isn't much hope for advancement if you stay.
Why is it always called "the Pfizer vaccine" when it's clearly a joint operation between Biontech and Pfizer with Biontech being the inventor of the vaccine and Pfizer being the pharma giant that is able to help with resources and producing it at scale?
That’s essentially the opposite situation, though. Presumably Oxford has better PR people than BioNTech. It also has the great advantage of being easier to spell.
