beast of the east
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[quote="ctstorm" post=410051][quote="Beast of the East" post=409782][quote="ctstorm" post=409760][quote="Beast of the East" post=409743]Here's a pretty good explanation as to how we got a vaccine so fast.
Prior to the Covid vaccine now being administered, the fastest development of a vaccine was 4 years, for mumps in the 1960s.
[URL]https://www.huffpost.com/entry...-were-made-so-fast_n_5fd27425c5b68ce1718664e7[/URL]
America led the way, and because this millions of lives will be saved.[/quote]
33 years and counting for a vaccine for AIDS.[/quote]
Of course, on this subject, I'd yield to your expertise.[/quote]
No expertise, just reinforcing your point about what an accomplishment this has been, especially taking a gamble on an unproven technology.[/quote]
I'm not sure whose idea it was in Washington to make the investment that allowed drug companies to collapse the research, moving on to step 2 by eliminating the typical wait until successful step 1 results, etc. By taking the financial risk and not the participating companies, we got a vaccine quickly by the fed government assuming the financial risk (of only $10 billion). That is worthy of 10 nobel prizes, and every awrding body's person of the year, and far more important than anything Fauci has said. (I happen to like Fauci a lot, but also felt his role was not to balance economic impact, just to report what was in the best public interest health wise. His was appropriately "A voice" and it wasn't his job to shape all policy in the best public interest).
God we can argue about this, but the bottom line is we got 2 vaccines in breathtaking speed, faster than anyone (well almost) thought was humanly safely possible. As a result, presuming this UK Covid strain is treatable by this vaccine or a tweak to it, we can now envision resuming a normal life soon.
Prior to the Covid vaccine now being administered, the fastest development of a vaccine was 4 years, for mumps in the 1960s.
[URL]https://www.huffpost.com/entry...-were-made-so-fast_n_5fd27425c5b68ce1718664e7[/URL]
America led the way, and because this millions of lives will be saved.[/quote]
33 years and counting for a vaccine for AIDS.[/quote]
Of course, on this subject, I'd yield to your expertise.[/quote]
No expertise, just reinforcing your point about what an accomplishment this has been, especially taking a gamble on an unproven technology.[/quote]
I'm not sure whose idea it was in Washington to make the investment that allowed drug companies to collapse the research, moving on to step 2 by eliminating the typical wait until successful step 1 results, etc. By taking the financial risk and not the participating companies, we got a vaccine quickly by the fed government assuming the financial risk (of only $10 billion). That is worthy of 10 nobel prizes, and every awrding body's person of the year, and far more important than anything Fauci has said. (I happen to like Fauci a lot, but also felt his role was not to balance economic impact, just to report what was in the best public interest health wise. His was appropriately "A voice" and it wasn't his job to shape all policy in the best public interest).
God we can argue about this, but the bottom line is we got 2 vaccines in breathtaking speed, faster than anyone (well almost) thought was humanly safely possible. As a result, presuming this UK Covid strain is treatable by this vaccine or a tweak to it, we can now envision resuming a normal life soon.
