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Bill Gates commits $750M to help Oxford vaccinate the world against Covid-19

40 points by joeyespo 6y ago

pcdoodle 6y ago
Sorry bill, your software is buggy as hell, I'm not going to put that shit in my body.
hu3 6y ago
I didn't expect covid vaccine research to be so ahead. They expect to deliver batches by the end of this year. > Gates’ millions will support the delivery of 300 million doses of the vaccine, confusingly dubbed AZD1222, with the first shipments expected to begin by the end of 2020.
- kevin_b_er 6y ago
  This one is one of the furthest ahead. Its the UK Oxford's ChAdOx1 vector for SARS-CoV-2. They partnered with AstraZeneca and I guess its now AZD1222. It was very quickly far along because it was under development for years and years and was going through trials for MERS already when SARS2 hit. So they were almost instantly able to start trials on it with the pandemic. And unlike other vaccines they've been wanting to do, money poured in.
  - rladd 6y ago
    The big problem with the Oxford ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine that I haven't seen discussed much is that it doesn't seem to work very well. Viral gRNA was detected in nose swabs from all animals and no difference in viral load in nose swabs was found on any days between vaccinated and control animals https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1 For a less technical write-up: https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did-the-oxford-covid-vaccine-work-in-monkeys-not-really/#2d2d53b83c71 https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did...
mrcorona 6y ago
Anyone signing up for this? I personally don't trust this guy. For the downvoters, I'm literally wondering what % of you would get this shot?
- onetimemanytime 6y ago
  >>I personally don't trust this guy. Do you think he's after you personally or just wants to kill all ? to wonder about vaccine safety when is developed so fast is OK, but I don't get the "this guy" thing.
- btgeekboy 6y ago
  It's not like Bill's in the lab making the vaccine himself. He's just adding funding to an existing org to improve the time to market. I downvoted you for likely alluding to silly conspiracy theories. I'd get the shot, assuming it passes the requisite trials.
- KCUOJJQJ 6y ago
  If Bilgex(Bill Gates) can be trusted, why didn't he rescue Achaogen, for instance? He apparently doesn't know what's needed. Also, vaccines can only make sense if the target doesn't change all the time and the benefit is orders of magnitude higher than the possible damage.
rasz 6y ago
No wonder Oxford University shut down Hydroxychloroquine RECOVERY trial today. $750M was on the line.

40 points by joeyespo 6y ago

Sorry bill, your software is buggy as hell, I'm not going to put that shit in my body.

hu3 6y ago

I didn't expect covid vaccine research to be so ahead. They expect to deliver batches by the end of this year. > Gates’ millions will support the delivery of 300 million doses of the vaccine, confusingly dubbed AZD1222, with the first shipments expected to begin by the end of 2020.

kevin_b_er 6y ago
This one is one of the furthest ahead. Its the UK Oxford's ChAdOx1 vector for SARS-CoV-2. They partnered with AstraZeneca and I guess its now AZD1222. It was very quickly far along because it was under development for years and years and was going through trials for MERS already when SARS2 hit. So they were almost instantly able to start trials on it with the pandemic. And unlike other vaccines they've been wanting to do, money poured in.
- rladd 6y ago
  The big problem with the Oxford ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine that I haven't seen discussed much is that it doesn't seem to work very well. Viral gRNA was detected in nose swabs from all animals and no difference in viral load in nose swabs was found on any days between vaccinated and control animals https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1 For a less technical write-up: https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did-the-oxford-covid-vaccine-work-in-monkeys-not-really/#2d2d53b83c71 https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did...

mrcorona 6y ago

Anyone signing up for this? I personally don't trust this guy. For the downvoters, I'm literally wondering what % of you would get this shot?

onetimemanytime 6y ago
>>I personally don't trust this guy. Do you think he's after you personally or just wants to kill all ? to wonder about vaccine safety when is developed so fast is OK, but I don't get the "this guy" thing.
btgeekboy 6y ago
It's not like Bill's in the lab making the vaccine himself. He's just adding funding to an existing org to improve the time to market. I downvoted you for likely alluding to silly conspiracy theories. I'd get the shot, assuming it passes the requisite trials.
KCUOJJQJ 6y ago
If Bilgex(Bill Gates) can be trusted, why didn't he rescue Achaogen, for instance? He apparently doesn't know what's needed. Also, vaccines can only make sense if the target doesn't change all the time and the benefit is orders of magnitude higher than the possible damage.

rasz 6y ago

No wonder Oxford University shut down Hydroxychloroquine RECOVERY trial today. $750M was on the line.