07-14-2020, 07:01 PM
(07-14-2020, 06:45 PM)BostonCard Wrote: https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/merck-ceo-ken...k-the-talkHeironymous Bosch on vaccines.
From the CEO of Merck, so someone with experience in vaccine development. The TL;DR version...
“I think when people tell the public that there's going to be a vaccine by the end of 2020, they do a grave disservice to the public.”
“Let me just give you one data point. In the last quarter century, there have only been seven, truly new vaccines introduced globally at the clinical
practice... Merck has four, the rest of the world has three.”
“My view is unless all of us are safe, none of us are safe.”
BC
The distinction is that I'd bet there is more money, research hours, and resources being expended on that vaccine than all the others COMBINED. Plus there have been some notable advances both on the science and the instrumentation.
So we shall see.
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness - yeah, and a little looking out for the other fella, too.