[pefloresjr]

I haven't seen much discussion about this, but it feels like scientists and governments around the world are putting a great many resources toward finding treatments and a vaccine for COVID19.  I have seen some stories about instances of more rapid sharing among scientists across private companies and international borders.  (I know there were delays by China and other instances where sharing hasn't happened as well.)  The efforts and cooperation that are happening give me at least some hope that a solution or at least some meaningful mitigation could happen sooner rather than later.  I think any treatments and vaccines still need to be properly tested because rolling out a supposed miracle treatment that turns out to be ineffective, or to be more harmful than helpful, would be a disaster that would inhibit implementation of an actual treatment or vaccine.  I also think it is harmful for the President or anyone else to overhype any treatment before knowing whether or not it will really work.  People need to have confidence that the solution isn't just another round of baseless cheerleading. 

Hope for improved treatments and development of a vaccine is one of the main reasons the scientists have been pushing for the social distancing measures.  Avoiding the potential of extremely high death rates along with extreme social and economic costs is the reason for slowing down the progression of the disease around the world.  I am really happy that there are plans to gear up production of the most likely vaccines before the testing is completed because that will make a big difference in getting our lives and the world's economy closer to normal.  I appreciate the information about any progress toward a vaccine or treatment as long as it is fact based and not just snake oil or cheerleading; the cited article is perhaps overly hopeful but is mostly fact based.  As noted by others, it doesn't seem like proper testing for the vaccine could be ready by September, but it could be moving along to next phase testing and progressing more quickly than normal if everyone is focused on the effort.   

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

I haven't seen much discussion about this, but it feels like scientists and governments around the world are putting a great many resources toward finding treatments and a vaccine for COVID19.  I have seen some stories about instances of more rapid sharing among scientists across private companies and international borders.  (I know there were delays by China and other instances where sharing hasn't happened as well.)  The efforts and cooperation that are happening give me at least some hope that a solution or at least some meaningful mitigation could happen sooner rather than later.  I think any treatments and vaccines still need to be properly tested because rolling out a supposed miracle treatment that turns out to be ineffective, or to be more harmful than helpful, would be a disaster that would inhibit implementation of an actual treatment or vaccine.  I also think it is harmful for the President or anyone else to overhype any treatment before knowing whether or not it will really work.  People need to have confidence that the solution isn't just another round of baseless cheerleading. 

Hope for improved treatments and development of a vaccine is one of the main reasons the scientists have been pushing for the social distancing measures.  Avoiding the potential of extremely high death rates along with extreme social and economic costs is the reason for slowing down the progression of the disease around the world.  I am really happy that there are plans to gear up production of the most likely vaccines before the testing is completed because that will make a big difference in getting our lives and the world's economy closer to normal.  I appreciate the information about any progress toward a vaccine or treatment as long as it is fact based and not just snake oil or cheerleading; the cited article is perhaps overly hopeful but is mostly fact based.  As noted by others, it doesn't seem like proper testing for the vaccine could be ready by September, but it could be moving along to next phase testing and progressing more quickly than normal if everyone is focused on the effort.   

Cheers,
Pete F.