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The world would have 2x the vaccine available if they can fast track approval of the lower first dose. Hopefully given the prevalence in the UK they can now qui
by grey-area 6y ago
The world would have 2x the vaccine available if they can fast track approval of the lower first dose. Hopefully given the prevalence in the UK they can now quickly do that work.
- snovv_crash 6y agoThat assumes the bottleneck is in the actual vaccine constituents, and not in manufacturing or sourcing the billions of delivery mechanisms.
- ummonk 6y agoFreezers, vials, and syringes are all easily mass produceable and already available in large quantities.
- snovv_crash 6y agoYes, but this isn't software. Out in the physical world supply chains take time to ramp up.
- hef19898 6y agoAnd they are ramping pretty fast right now. We are not talking about books shipped by Amazon here. I for my part am really satisfied with vaccine distribution right now, quite the opposite to mask distribution and sourcing.
- mft_ 6y ago4/3x?
- grey-area 6y ago2x the initial rate, assuming we are constrained by supply right now but not so later on. In a few months supplies in developed countries will probably be sufficient for other things like logistics to be a bigger constraint.