Eh. Capitalism is murderous for many reasons but this isnt one of them. You want to have multiple vaccine candidates because you don't know effectiveness until it's tested. You also want to have some diversity. J&J's vaccine just needs standard refrig temps and a single dose, making it much easier to deliver, especially to rural areas in the global south.
What if, for example, all the companies did this and lined up behind Merck's vaccine. Merck has more experience with vaccines than any other company and has probably the best reputation in pharma. Seems like a safe bet, right?
Well they pulled their vaccine before finishing phase III trials because it wasn't effective based on the preliminary data.
Eh. Capitalism is murderous for many reasons but this isnt one of them. You want to have multiple vaccine candidates because you don't know effectiveness until it's tested. You also want to have some diversity. J&J's vaccine just needs standard refrig temps and a single dose, making it much easier to deliver, especially to rural areas in the global south.
What if, for example, all the companies did this and lined up behind Merck's vaccine. Merck has more experience with vaccines than any other company and has probably the best reputation in pharma. Seems like a safe bet, right?
Well they pulled their vaccine before finishing phase III trials because it wasn't effective based on the preliminary data.
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That's different than what OP said, which was that all the pharma companies should have come together to produce one vaccine.
I know that Merck for example is working on licensure for one of the mRNA vaccines to get their production facilities added to the mix.
Of course vaccine production methods shouldn't be kept secret. This is a forum for communists lol.
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That's the implication
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