The article doesn’t even mention the catch-22 in making vaccines. There’s basically two types, the old style using inactivated or weakened viruses, and various newer ones using fragments of DNA or proteins or other methods. The former is much more reliable (since it basically mimics what happens when you get infected) and generally safer, but slow to make because you have to grow up the actual virus. The latter can be mass produced quickly, but they’re much less reliable at producing an immune response, and some types can have unexpected side effects so they require better testing.
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I’d put my money on AstraZeneca’s vaccine. They just inked a deal to supply 4 European countries with 400 million doses. And over a month ago, the US gave them a billion dollars for 400 million doses.
The downside is the vaccine will only be effective for a year.
We already know, because Azar told us: Trump will claim that whatever is available, whether safe and effective or not, is a deployable, re-opening worthy vaccine.
“they may not be safe and effective, but we’ll have it - so we can begin administration right away.”
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