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The content that is there is good, so I would recommend this article, however it omits anything related to the FDA, or Operation Warp Speed. For an article that

The content that is there is good, so I would recommend this article, however it omits anything related to the FDA, or Operation Warp Speed. For an article that purports to describe the year of the virus, this is a huge gap. I think the biggest mistake of this whole pandemic was none of the things listed, it was banning all vaccines for almost a full year. The FDA was granted far reaching powers by congress multiple times to ensure they can approve vaccines quickly in a pandemic. The FDA instead forced. So as badly as Trump handled the pandemic (and he did handle it badly), at least he wanted a fast vaccine. You might blame the first 100k deaths on the disease, but everything after that is due to the ban on the vaccine. Now, as the vaccines are distributed they are requiring them to go through an ineffective CDC, who is holding back 50% of the vaccines, to the states who aren't able to distribute more than 30% of what they get yet. The FDA, CDC, and states need to just stop banning people from getting a vaccine. Let private industry help. Should Trump have proposed legislation to fix this? Yes, but so should Democrats and Republicans. Our beaucracies failed, both parties failed. Even Biden is coming in with goals like "vaccinate 100M in the first 100 days." What a low bar, since we have already bought 200M doses for delivery by the end of Q1 (70ish days into his term). So Biden's goal seems to be "not approve any more vaccines and try not to lose most of the vaccines we have." His goal should be vaccines for everyone that wants it within 60 days. That is achievable with existing supply+ Astrazeneca and if J&J looks good too then that makes it a slam dunk, unless the government gets in the way again.

vharuck 6y ago
>it omits anything related to the FDA, or Operation Warp Speed. For an article that purports to describe the year of the virus, this is a huge gap. The FDA is addressed in the article, mostly when talking about the botched tests in February. >You might blame the first 100k deaths on the disease, but everything after that is due to the ban on the vaccine. That's a reckless way to approach vaccination. From TFA: "Like COVID, [RSV] is dispersed through particle droplets and contaminated surfaces. In the nineteen-sixties, a clinical trial of a potential RSV vaccine made children sicker and led to two deaths—a syndrome called vaccine-enhanced disease." Potential vaccines can make things worse, which is why we have three test phases. Even if you want to let people get an untested vaccine, which ones get approval? Do they need to get multiple? Will they interact badly? >Even Biden is coming in with goals like "vaccinate 100M in the first 100 days." What a low bar, since we have already bought 200M doses for delivery by the end of Q1 (70ish days into his term). Forgive me if I'm wrong, but this is because the approved vaccines require two doses per recipient. Factoring in logistics and public outreach, that's a reasonable goal.
Swenrekcah 6y ago
I find this to be unreasonable. How would they have known in March which vaccines proved to be effective? Even if they’d guessed right, how many people would have taken an untested vaccine? And what if a lot of people had, and then side effects show up. That would probably cost more lives over the next decade by public distrust of the drug approval process.
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IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
No serious scientist is going to give an untested drug to millions of people. There are over a hundred vaccines in development, of which two or three have been successful. Yes, it seems like the success rate may be higher than for "regular" drug development. But, crucially, nobody knew this. There haven't been a whole lot new vaccines developed in the last few decades. Besides, as far as I know production capabilities were being built and stockpiles created while the trials were ongoing.

vharuck 6y ago

>it omits anything related to the FDA, or Operation Warp Speed. For an article that purports to describe the year of the virus, this is a huge gap. The FDA is addressed in the article, mostly when talking about the botched tests in February. >You might blame the first 100k deaths on the disease, but everything after that is due to the ban on the vaccine. That's a reckless way to approach vaccination. From TFA: "Like COVID, [RSV] is dispersed through particle droplets and contaminated surfaces. In the nineteen-sixties, a clinical trial of a potential RSV vaccine made children sicker and led to two deaths—a syndrome called vaccine-enhanced disease." Potential vaccines can make things worse, which is why we have three test phases. Even if you want to let people get an untested vaccine, which ones get approval? Do they need to get multiple? Will they interact badly? >Even Biden is coming in with goals like "vaccinate 100M in the first 100 days." What a low bar, since we have already bought 200M doses for delivery by the end of Q1 (70ish days into his term). Forgive me if I'm wrong, but this is because the approved vaccines require two doses per recipient. Factoring in logistics and public outreach, that's a reasonable goal.

Swenrekcah 6y ago

I find this to be unreasonable. How would they have known in March which vaccines proved to be effective? Even if they’d guessed right, how many people would have taken an untested vaccine? And what if a lot of people had, and then side effects show up. That would probably cost more lives over the next decade by public distrust of the drug approval process.

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IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago

No serious scientist is going to give an untested drug to millions of people. There are over a hundred vaccines in development, of which two or three have been successful. Yes, it seems like the success rate may be higher than for "regular" drug development. But, crucially, nobody knew this. There haven't been a whole lot new vaccines developed in the last few decades. Besides, as far as I know production capabilities were being built and stockpiles created while the trials were ongoing.