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I think the remarkable thing is that vaccine development and manufacturing is one of the smallest costs of the pandemic. For example the cost of a dose of Bion
by oezi 5y ago
I think the remarkable thing is that vaccine development and manufacturing is one of the smallest costs of the pandemic.
For example the cost of a dose of Biontech Pfizer vaccine is roughly the same as the cost of getting a single antigen test performed in Germany (both roughly 20 EUR).
With the variants/mutations it seems we should invest much more in vaccine capacity to avoid spending 2022 in another lockdown.
> there still aren't the doses to vaccinate the planet any time in the imminent future let alone the on-the-ground infrastructure to deliver them everywhere
I think the vaccinations campaigns everywhere (in the developed world at least) have shown that the infrastructure to vaccinate everyone is there if only we have enough supplies of vaccines.
- oceanplexian 5y agoHalf the worlds population lives on less than $5.50 per day. If you offered them 20 EUR they wouldn’t use it on a vaccine for a highly survivable disease (Compared to HIV, Malaria, and TB), they’d use it to buy food and water.