[Farm93]

What about NOW?

Well, I suppose the first thing would be for Congress to go back into session so they could actually do something.  Apparently that’s not on Pelosi’s agenda, though.

Pelosi had already set up the House so that voting by proxy is permitted.  Government sausage making at work.  Pelosi is aligned with the super popular governors on her wish list to get states more funds for police, fire and other front line workers. We are getting dangerously close to short-term game theory now that we are less than 6 months from an election, but probably best to be with police, fire, and healthcare workers in that battle.

FWIW - The vaccine approval and time to market has little to do with Pelosi or McConnell.   Establishing safety and efficacy of any vaccine is what will take time.   Without studies you might literally be injecting people with something that could even kill more people. 

Testing will take months or even years. 
The good news?
Thankfully the USA has loads of carriers moving around in communities right now, so it should be possible to determine real world efficacy of potential vaccines rather quickly in the USA.  It would certainly take longer to establish the efficacy of a vaccine in Korea or Japan. 

And better news?
The rapid move in some states to open back up without COVID19 testing or a tracing plan should make it even easier to quickly establish the efficacy of potential vaccines.

[Farm93]

What about NOW?

Well, I suppose the first thing would be for Congress to go back into session so they could actually do something.  Apparently that’s not on Pelosi’s agenda, though.

Pelosi had already set up the House so that voting by proxy is permitted.  Government sausage making at work.  Pelosi is aligned with the super popular governors on her wish list to get states more funds for police, fire and other front line workers. We are getting dangerously close to short-term game theory now that we are less than 6 months from an election, but probably best to be with police, fire, and healthcare workers in that battle.

FWIW - The vaccine approval and time to market has little to do with Pelosi or McConnell.   Establishing safety and efficacy of any vaccine is what will take time.   Without studies you might literally be injecting people with something that could even kill more people. 

Testing will take months or even years. 
The good news?
Thankfully the USA has loads of carriers moving around in communities right now, so it should be possible to determine real world efficacy of potential vaccines rather quickly in the USA.  It would certainly take longer to establish the efficacy of a vaccine in Korea or Japan. 

And better news?
The rapid move in some states to open back up without COVID19 testing or a tracing plan should make it even easier to quickly establish the efficacy of potential vaccines.