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By now the scale could be far larger than it is currently. Moving up vaccine timetables by just a few months would be enormously valuable. I never said it was e
by readams 6y ago
By now the scale could be far larger than it is currently. Moving up vaccine timetables by just a few months would be enormously valuable. I never said it was easy, but the answer was not "let's do nothing because it's hard."
- bluGill 6y agoYou are speaking from hindsight. Just a few months ago the smart money was on the mRNA vaccines not completing phase-3 before some of the more conventional vaccines that we already have the ability to produce in large quantities. That mRNA completed phase-3 trials first was a big shock to everyone. That they are significantly better than the conventional vaccines is also a big shock. If we knew about these shocks 1 year ago we would have invested a lot more money in mRNA (and none at all in all the other vaccines - some failed trails, some are in progress, and the rest are are not as good) and had more manufacturing as a result.
- abacadaba 6y agowe certainly knew there was a potential for this "shock"
- bluGill 6y agoYeah, but it was a long shot potential. If it hadn't worked out you would be mad at the government for allocating money to this stupid bet instead of something else (probably J&J which wouldn't have come out any sooner)
- baybal2 6y agoFrom what I understood, despite all of other advantages, they still need bigger, and more frequent doses.