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The problem is not vaccine development - the bottleneck is TESTING. The vaccine itself can be developed in literally DAYS (for most viruses). The problem is
by koheripbal 7y ago
The problem is not vaccine development - the bottleneck is TESTING.
The vaccine itself can be developed in literally DAYS (for most viruses). The problem is that it takes a YEAR to test it comfortably in humans. For something that you'll be delivering to otherwise healthy humans, the bar for safety is extremely high.
...now the modern counter-argument is that if 4% of people are going to die globally, then maybe the safety bar should not be so high (this time).