The worst part about Trump not being president is how disengaged everyone will now become. Irs sickening.

  • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I’m anti rushed vax.

    I get this sentiment, but do you personally know how long it takes to make a vaccine, or how that process can be expedited versus other vaccines that were in the pipe works? Or are you just going to ballpark a length of time that feels right?

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      https://www.historyofvaccines.org/index.php/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation

      Most sources cite that It usually takes 2-5 years to develop a vaccine, some say 10-15. No sources state that it takes less than a year, and a vaccine for a virus that everyone wants magically being ready with less then a year of development time is risky at best.

      If you can find a reliable source that gives less then a year development time for a virus similar to COVID, be my guest

      • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        a vaccine for a virus that everyone wants magically being ready with less then a year of development time is risky at best.

        I think this is the key here. Trump kept blathering about having a vaccine ready to go by the end of this year, but as far as I'm concerned the experts are saying that it won't be ready until Summer at the earliest, if even that. At that point it will have been nearly 1.5 years of R&D, not that far off of that 2 year mark, especially considering that this has been a global all hands on deck effort. And that's at the earliest, it may not even be until late next year. The 10-15 year development cycle is for things that are a lot more complex than just a coronavirus, in terms of virology.

        I think what's just rubbing my goat wrong here is that yelling about how skeptical you are of the vaccine well before said vaccine is anywhere even near market is basically just counting your chickens before they hatch. I'm skeptical of a rushed vaccine as well, but I'm going to wait until they actually decide "okay, here is the vaccine we are going to push" before I start looking into the development process it faced.

        • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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          I know lol. My point was the time it takes varies depending on the type of virus. 2-5 years is another time period thats commonly cited. I think 2 years is fine, it's less then 12 months that makes me go "uuh".