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While I agree with most of this (and the part about insufficient testing materials is especially troubling), it's starting to seem reasonable that we'll have a

While I agree with most of this (and the part about insufficient testing materials is especially troubling), it's starting to seem reasonable that we'll have a vaccine available for Fall/Winter. There is an argument to be made that as long as we keep the hospitals from being overrun we should limit restrictions that are infringing on people's freedoms and damaging the economy. That being said there are also very reasonable measures we can take - how we aren't mandating masks nationwide at this point is beyond me.

graeme 6y ago
I don’t think any expert agrees with that vaccine timeline. Can you point to one? Alone with producing and testing a vaccine, you then need to manufacture, distribute, and administer the vaccine. That takes a while, especially considering the dysfunction the US has shown in other respects in terms of PPE etc. Anti vaccination movements will also slow uptake.
- rnernento 6y ago
  https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27-20/h_973e424c39f953c9ac86483107c61b10 https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27... “I still think that we have a good chance, if all the things fall in the right place, that we might have a vaccine that would be deployable by the end of the year, by December and November,” said Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/modernas-phase-i-data https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/mo...
donclark 6y ago
"it's starting to seem reasonable that we'll have a vaccine available for Fall/Winter." Please explain why you think it seems reasonable and/or provide sources.
- rnernento 6y ago
  https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27-20/h_973e424c39f953c9ac86483107c61b10 https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27... “I still think that we have a good chance, if all the things fall in the right place, that we might have a vaccine that would be deployable by the end of the year, by December and November,” said Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/modernas-phase-i-data https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/mo...

graeme 6y ago

I don’t think any expert agrees with that vaccine timeline. Can you point to one? Alone with producing and testing a vaccine, you then need to manufacture, distribute, and administer the vaccine. That takes a while, especially considering the dysfunction the US has shown in other respects in terms of PPE etc. Anti vaccination movements will also slow uptake.

rnernento 6y ago
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27-20/h_973e424c39f953c9ac86483107c61b10 https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27... “I still think that we have a good chance, if all the things fall in the right place, that we might have a vaccine that would be deployable by the end of the year, by December and November,” said Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/modernas-phase-i-data https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/mo...

donclark 6y ago

"it's starting to seem reasonable that we'll have a vaccine available for Fall/Winter." Please explain why you think it seems reasonable and/or provide sources.

rnernento 6y ago
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27-20/h_973e424c39f953c9ac86483107c61b10 https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-27... “I still think that we have a good chance, if all the things fall in the right place, that we might have a vaccine that would be deployable by the end of the year, by December and November,” said Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/modernas-phase-i-data https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/mo...