The article says a team in the UK will begin (begin!) human trials within a few weeks and that they are “80% certain” their as-of-yet untested vaccine will work.
The hope is that one of the very first vaccines attempted works. In fact, Bill Gates and others are providing billions of dollars to invest in the early production of promising candidates (yay!). I’ve read about an example where the early investment in production could mean 3 millions doses could come in months early (so, they know they are wasting billons of dollars in most, if not all, cases). So even if by luck, one of the first candidates works, don’t expect the world to re-open anytime soon via vaccination.
And I don’t expect one of the first 3 million, or even one of the first 30M, doses would get to me. If a non-American team is first, it could push Americans even further back in line, but don’t worry, because the current President has created such a stable genius framework for mature cooperation between nations, has treated every global leader with so much respect, and has championed a philosophy that puts the good of all humankind — and not just one country, “first”, that I’m sure things will be perfect, a “10”, if a different nation develops a vaccine first.
The hope is that one of the very first vaccines attempted works. In fact, Bill Gates and others are providing billions of dollars to invest in the early production of promising candidates (yay!). I’ve read about an example where the early investment in production could mean 3 millions doses could come in months early (so, they know they are wasting billons of dollars in most, if not all, cases). So even if by luck, one of the first candidates works, don’t expect the world to re-open anytime soon via vaccination.
And I don’t expect one of the first 3 million, or even one of the first 30M, doses would get to me. If a non-American team is first, it could push Americans even further back in line, but don’t worry, because the current President has created such a stable genius framework for mature cooperation between nations, has treated every global leader with so much respect, and has championed a philosophy that puts the good of all humankind — and not just one country, “first”, that I’m sure things will be perfect, a “10”, if a different nation develops a vaccine first.