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Another very good article from Reuters on the race for a SARS-COV-2 vaccine.
I'm not an expert on immunology but I know enough. I found the article conflated a lot of terms. So if you read it, keep this in mind. There are basically 4 categories of vaccines: Live attenuated (Measels), Inactive (seasonal Influenza), Toxoids (Tetanus), Synthetic Biologics (Hep B). The first three have been produced for decades, the later maybe 2 decades and there aren't a lot of the newest mRNA biologics floating around. And, its Synthetic Biologics that hold the most promise for the ease of development and scale of vaccine needed to inoculate the global population against SARS-COV-2.
By my count, there are trillions of dollars being invested on vaccine development by both governments (some in consortiums) and private investors that also operate under NGOs and Charitable/Nonprofits as larger umbrella organizations.
The Reuters article was very complete. I was floored by the money being spent and the number of both big name pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson and Glaxo-Smith-Kline and small biotech companies working on some 125 candidates. The furthest along, not counting the Chicoms (those fuckers) and from J&J could be ready for a rapidly conducted human test in June and potentially available by the fall but not at scale. Wow! Much quicker than I think anyone expected. Questions loom about whether or not any of them will actually work.
I also thought the article demonstrated that there is a lot of global cooperation between the various entities that work on vaccines. I had no idea the US had one of the word's most involved, well funded and largest of them - Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). It's part of HHS.
Still, competition is present with countries making investments in vaccine manufacturers with the proviso that they'll get it first. The stuff we read last week that the US (and China - those not to be trusted fuckers again) were not getting involved with the WHO's efforts to bring a bunch of folks together to insure the development of vaccines but more importantly to make sure there is equitable distribution of the one that works - something I am absolutely positive Trump's America first positions dictated a no fucking way response to WHO.
If you look at this in the context of the world's most powerful countries maneuvering for strategic advantage, how the US and China emerge from this shit-storm on any number of levels, including having made the right call and invested in companies or groups of companies that bring the first effective SARS-COV-2 vaccine to market, they win and win big.
In this context, the race for a successful SARS-COV-2 vaccine may be bigger than any arms race or battle for dominance in outer-space ever. In this particular strategic game, I'm not entirely dismissive of the idea that the Trump administration, as fucked-up as it appears PDJT is in his messaging and more, that it's in a good position to win this thing. I like America's chances .... if Trump will just sit down, STFU and let the experts on these matters do their thing. I expect the fucking Chicoms to do everything and anything to prevent the US from gaining the upper hand here. They will, without question, cheat and lie and will use this opportunity to expand their power and global reach. Trump and his crowd better be ready.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...edName=topNews
I'm not an expert on immunology but I know enough. I found the article conflated a lot of terms. So if you read it, keep this in mind. There are basically 4 categories of vaccines: Live attenuated (Measels), Inactive (seasonal Influenza), Toxoids (Tetanus), Synthetic Biologics (Hep B). The first three have been produced for decades, the later maybe 2 decades and there aren't a lot of the newest mRNA biologics floating around. And, its Synthetic Biologics that hold the most promise for the ease of development and scale of vaccine needed to inoculate the global population against SARS-COV-2.
By my count, there are trillions of dollars being invested on vaccine development by both governments (some in consortiums) and private investors that also operate under NGOs and Charitable/Nonprofits as larger umbrella organizations.
The Reuters article was very complete. I was floored by the money being spent and the number of both big name pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson and Glaxo-Smith-Kline and small biotech companies working on some 125 candidates. The furthest along, not counting the Chicoms (those fuckers) and from J&J could be ready for a rapidly conducted human test in June and potentially available by the fall but not at scale. Wow! Much quicker than I think anyone expected. Questions loom about whether or not any of them will actually work.
I also thought the article demonstrated that there is a lot of global cooperation between the various entities that work on vaccines. I had no idea the US had one of the word's most involved, well funded and largest of them - Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). It's part of HHS.
Still, competition is present with countries making investments in vaccine manufacturers with the proviso that they'll get it first. The stuff we read last week that the US (and China - those not to be trusted fuckers again) were not getting involved with the WHO's efforts to bring a bunch of folks together to insure the development of vaccines but more importantly to make sure there is equitable distribution of the one that works - something I am absolutely positive Trump's America first positions dictated a no fucking way response to WHO.
If you look at this in the context of the world's most powerful countries maneuvering for strategic advantage, how the US and China emerge from this shit-storm on any number of levels, including having made the right call and invested in companies or groups of companies that bring the first effective SARS-COV-2 vaccine to market, they win and win big.
In this context, the race for a successful SARS-COV-2 vaccine may be bigger than any arms race or battle for dominance in outer-space ever. In this particular strategic game, I'm not entirely dismissive of the idea that the Trump administration, as fucked-up as it appears PDJT is in his messaging and more, that it's in a good position to win this thing. I like America's chances .... if Trump will just sit down, STFU and let the experts on these matters do their thing. I expect the fucking Chicoms to do everything and anything to prevent the US from gaining the upper hand here. They will, without question, cheat and lie and will use this opportunity to expand their power and global reach. Trump and his crowd better be ready.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...edName=topNews
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