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MineralMan

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22. Yes. There are still additional vaccine candidates in the wings.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 8, 2020, 02:43 PM

Dec 2020

However, given the reported effectiveness of the three that are close to being approved for emergency use, I expect that production of those will be ramped up quickly. They are all three very effective and apparently safe.

Let's get going on creating 7 billion doses!

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Has Anyone Seen this - Is it a Credible Site? [View all] montanacowboy Dec 2020 OP

Yes, NY Magazine is a reputable publication. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #1

So the Dump KNEW montanacowboy Dec 2020 #3

Everybody with a half a brain cell knew. LisaL Dec 2020 #6

The source is credible. Agschmid Dec 2020 #2

If it's true it's horrible news. In_The_Wind Dec 2020 #4

Do people freaking not understand how this works? LisaL Dec 2020 #7

So many people are dead now, while this was going on. In_The_Wind Dec 2020 #11

WTF did you want done? LisaL Dec 2020 #15

What shortcuts do you think should have been taken with the vaccines? Mariana Dec 2020 #37

Exactly. mRNA vaccines can be made in days, but it's not tested. NutmegYankee Dec 2020 #35

The article is exaggerating at LOT, the mRNA were able to be made days after the genetic sequence .. uponit7771 Dec 2020 #18

Thank you. In_The_Wind Dec 2020 #33

no it's not. it actually shows how we've been able to get to a vaccine for distribution so quickly unblock Dec 2020 #21

This has been posted a couple of times here already. LisaL Dec 2020 #5

I keep expecting to not be surprised by anything, anymore. Paladin Dec 2020 #8

What is surprising about it? LisaL Dec 2020 #9

Ah, it's much more exciting to be shocked! Maeve Dec 2020 #20

It rates "high" in terms of factual reporting. subterranean Dec 2020 #10

New York Magazine does very credible reporting. MineralMan Dec 2020 #12

This article describes a normal development of a vaccine. LisaL Dec 2020 #13

I read about mRNA vaccine candidates very early on. MineralMan Dec 2020 #14

Adenovirus vaccine candidates were designed early on as well. LisaL Dec 2020 #16

Yes. There are still additional vaccine candidates in the wings. MineralMan Dec 2020 #22

All three have issues. LisaL Dec 2020 #26

I have no objection to further testing and development MineralMan Dec 2020 #27

Russia is starting mass vaccination with their own vaccine. LisaL Dec 2020 #28

We know very little about those vaccines, though. MineralMan Dec 2020 #30

Well, some posters here obviously think that you can design a vaccine and start LisaL Dec 2020 #31

Yes, so it seems. MineralMan Dec 2020 #32

an observation jobendorfer Dec 2020 #17

And even that vaccine is going for an emergency approval only. LisaL Dec 2020 #25

If Covid had been more deadly, testing would have been bypassed & volume manufacturing started Klaralven Dec 2020 #19

If you bypass testing, you could end up with ineffective and dangerous vaccine. LisaL Dec 2020 #23

That's not true... orwell Dec 2020 #24

If 100,000 a week are dying, you'd roll out whatever vaccine you could produce. Klaralven Dec 2020 #29

That's just not true... orwell Dec 2020 #34

We didn't have the vaccine all along... SidDithers Dec 2020 #36