Trend · rank 106 of 250

Adaptable vaccine platforms

Modular vaccine platforms such as mRNA are shortening design and adaptation times and extending into cancer treatment, favouring nations that link pathogen surveillance, clinical testing and dependable production.

Critical TechnologyPeople, health & workbiotechdiseasehealth systems

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Modern vaccines. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
106of 250
Sensitivity
10.8rank 84
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
37.6rank 108
Eigenvector
0.3
Betweenness
14.0
Links
9trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
22.4

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
91
Over a year
−33%Fading
Over three years
−14%
Peak
31615 Dec 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.57
Coverage
17languages · 53 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (17 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English59%97−29%
German8%94−15%
French5%86−34%
Japanese5%78−38%
Russian5%67−56%
Chinese4%93−13%
Korean3%50−60%
Spanish3%93−28%
Turkish2%151−28%
Italian2%90−35%
Persian1%92−20%
Dutch1%101−38%
Polish1%90−38%
Portuguese1%60−53%
Arabic1%149−10%
Vietnamese0%61−63%
Ukrainian0%70−61%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Singapore

United States

Canada

China

Australia

United Kingdom

Ireland

New Zealand

South Korea

Philippines

India

Kenya

100

94

82

76

74

66

61

61

58

54

52

44

The 12 highest of 53 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English115+63%−18%+11%
EuropeGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch120+13%−2%+34%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese89+16%−24%−22%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country73+8%−51%+16%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish102+26%−39%+5%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese89−20%−32%+20%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian68−20%−57%−42%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle93+26%−27%−16%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese79−20%−39%+16%
CanadaGoogle104+95%−34%+6%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French112+14%−15%+61%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German143+17%+37%+37%
IndiaGoogle73+8%−51%+16%
IndonesiaGoogle115+54%−20%+36%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian140+10%+12%+83%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese64+48%−34%−29%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean111+9%+3%−7%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian67−24%−56%−47%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish112+74%−40%+35%
United KingdomGoogle74+3%−41%−19%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English119+67%−14%+15%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6 · CriticalA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
5 · Very highA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
4 · HighPathogen emergence pressurePeople, health & work163
4 · HighGene editing & cell therapiesPeople, health & work222
3 · ModerateGlobal health governancePeople, health & work49
3 · ModerateRegional medicines manufacturingPeople, health & work52
3 · ModerateAI drug developmentPeople, health & work125
3 · ModerateSynthetic biology & biomanufacturingPeople, health & work139
3 · ModerateAI-accelerated sciencePeople, health & work203
3 · ModerateBiosecurity & dual-use biologyPeople, health & work216