Yes of course it's standard procedure (it's not like there are many other options - "invent some fundamental new science to cure it within the next couple month

Yes of course it's standard procedure (it's not like there are many other options - "invent some fundamental new science to cure it within the next couple months to years to stop the pandemic" is not super feasible- even if we did sort of pull it off once on HIV). the article seems to be written for laypersom audience where you wouldn't expect to take that for granted.