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> What do you believe New Zealand should do? Most other western countries tried to develop vaccines as quickly as they possibly could starting in early 2020 be
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> What do you believe New Zealand should do?
Most other western countries tried to develop vaccines as quickly as they possibly could starting in early 2020 because they thought that was the long-term solution.
I get what you mean though about a small country, but it's not like New Zealand doesn't have universities as well. Waiting for someone else to hopefully solve the problem and then buy it was a gamble - I guess it paid off thankfully.
- lostlogin 5y ago> Waiting for someone else to hopefully solve the problem and then buy it was a gamble - I guess it paid off thankfully. It hasn’t paid off yet. We haven’t got enough Covid in New Zealand to get the value offered by a vaccine - yet.
- Nevermark 5y agoDo you advocate that every city develop its own unique vaccine? If New Zealand is paying for its vaccines then its contributing to the effort just like everyone else. The people who should develop vaccines now are the existing clusters of experts in vaccines. As in large university, government and corporate environments that have been working in that area and already have lots of experts, equipment and relevant resources and arrangements. Anything else is a long term project. Maybe RNA vaccines and other new vaccine tech will bring down the costs of vaccine development centers, and maybe the pandemic will increase the demand for more centers. I am not arguing against New Zealand developing their own in house capacity going forward. Or maybe we only need a few really good vaccines for each pandemic and there is a limit to the benefits of redundant research and production. Either way, new centers are not a quick or simple task, and not likely to happen while most experts are currently located and utilized elsewhere.