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> need to get better at rapid vaccine creation. What is stopping you from making a vaccine for COVID-19? I can promise you nobody will be upset with you if you
by ailideex 7y ago
> need to get better at rapid vaccine creation.
What is stopping you from making a vaccine for COVID-19? I can promise you nobody will be upset with you if you do it, you don't need anyone's permission either.
- khafra 7y agoI don't think he's saying vaccine creation is easy, I think he's saying it's a hard problem that needs a concerted effort at developing shortcuts. Also, this is technically true, but vacuous: > What is stopping you from making a vaccine for COVID-19? I can promise you nobody will be upset with you if you do it, you don't need anyone's permission either. Even if by some herculean effort and unbelievable luck, I brewed up a Covid-19 vaccine in my garage, I would be unable to help people at scale with it unless it passed millions of dollars worth of testing for regulatory approval.
- ailideex 7y agoOkay - so ... "we (as a species) need to get better at rapid vaccine creation. Like an order of magnitude better" ... and andyjohnson0 will do what exactly then to make this happen?
- scrollaway 7y agoGenerally, when someone makes statements like the one you're trying very hard to make fun of, the "we need to" means "our leaders should prioritize". Not that hard to understand really.
- ailideex 7y agoAh, so ... if andyjohnson0 is not part of the human species ... the heck is andyjohnson0? Also if andyjohnson0 wants their "leaders" to do something ... I mean ... andyjohnson0 can vote no? And are you suggesting "our leaders" are dragging their asses or something?
- jaymmartin 7y agoI think you are being needlessly antagonistic here. I think they were simply stating that we, collectively, would benefit from prioritizing vaccine development more than we currently do. Perhaps they felt stating that would in some way convince others that this is true and maybe more people would vote for it. May I suggest you be more charitable in interpreting people here? I think you'll find conversations more productive.
- andyjohnson0 7y agoI meant "we" in the collective sense. I think that was fairly obvious.
- ailideex 7y agoSo what will you, as a part of "we", the collective, do exactly to make it happen?
- andyjohnson0 7y agoWhy are you being so obtuse? I'm not saying that every person should actively work on vaccine development. That would be absurd. I'm just asserting that finding ways to speed-up vaccine development should be an international priority. I'd vote for politicians who support this. I'd happily pay more taxes to support it. I'd support the development of international institutions in this field. Is that good enough for you?
- ailideex 7y ago> I'd vote for politicians who support this. I'd happily pay more taxes to support it. I'd support the development of international institutions in this field. Is that good enough for you? Have at it then, you could even donate to private research if the government won't come take your virus research money from you under threat of force. Enjoy!
- sokoloff 7y agoSame thing I do for the courts and military: do my job and pay my taxes.
- ailideex 7y agoAlready paying taxes and doing my job, done and dusted, so we are good. Next! Solving world problems are so simple.
- pixl97 7y agoThis is massively harder than you expect. Vaccines need longer term testing because they can have serious side effects, including making you more vulnerable to the virus.
- ailideex 7y agoGreat, so nothing andyjohnson0 can do ...