> More people die of heart disease than covid, but it isn't used as a reason to fast track drugs. Cardiovascular disease and cancer are basically people dying

> More people die of heart disease than covid, but it isn't used as a reason to fast track drugs. Cardiovascular disease and cancer are basically people dying from old age. They're what people die from when they don't die from other things. At the current time, there's no compelling reason to think that a straightforward therapy could have a large affect on the outcomes of people suffering these maladies. In contrast, Covid-19 is a virus. There is every reason to believe that an effective vaccine could dramatically reduce the deaths from this source.