We're already pouring huge sums into covid, that's likely near diminishing returns now. On the other hand, what would be really helpful is spending a lot of mon

We're already pouring huge sums into covid, that's likely near diminishing returns now. On the other hand, what would be really helpful is spending a lot of money on viruses that arent currently causing pandemics. There was a lot of research into SARS in the mid 2000s that lost funding when interest died up, and if we'd continued that work, we would have been so much better prepared to stop COVID, perhaps even with a vaccine already approved and ready to deploy. Pandemics spread faster than researchers work, and we should be investing in virology research and preparedness before theres an outbreak, not after it happens and it's too late.