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Ask HN: Would a $10B prize accelerate development of a COVID19 vaccine?
- rolph 7y agogive me some up front and it will for sure. considering the nobel prize is about $1 million and all due prestiges, im sure it would
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- kelh 7y agoNo, it wouldn’t be worth it.
- jlelonm 7y agoI have zero credibility to make this statement, but: I feel like we might run into a Mythical Man Month dilemma if we toss TONS of money at it.
- ShorsHammer 7y agoFrom a layman's perspective: No not at all. Companies around the world are rushing full steam ahead to build one, you simply can't release medicines that quickly in the developed world. They had multiple Zika vaccines completed within months of the outbreak years ago, most look incredibly promising and seem to work. Not a single one has been approved for clinical use yet and will likely be another year or two before it hits the market.
- allears 7y agoNot only is the process complicated to get to release, but scaling up manufacturing isn't trivial either. Just because a woman can make a baby in nine months doesn't mean nine women can make a baby in one month.