(12-16-2020 09:53 AM)TigersRuleAll Wrote: I'm not taking a vaccine for a virus with a 99.5 survival rate....and climbing. Amazing how they were able to come up with a vaccine in 6 months for a virus that didn't exist a year ago. I'm sure its all fine.
Technology and the ability to share advancements in knowledge immediately changes the game for developing vaccines. No comparison to the last pandemic we faced.
Covid-19 is a mutation of a class of virus we have known about for a long time. Researchers not starting from scratch. As a contagion the mutation was both easily spread and it was highly effective in seeking out weakness.
Treatment regimens proven effective in other virus classifications provided a base a study that advanced the research.
While Trump made many mistakes in addressing how this country would respond he did one thing exceptionally effective. Very early he made the call to bring our major pharm companies together and provided funding to advance the research. He tore down obstacles to get a drug to mass production. He placed the military in charge of logistics and he made UPS and FedEx key logistic partners in the distribution. He made sure big Pharma was not going to take advantage of a profit opportunity at our expense.
Our biggest obstacles have been disinformation and the choice to place personal rights over the greater good. Those two factors have made the spread easier and caused more restrictions.
There is still much to learn about Covid-19. Why are some impacted more than others. Why can some get it twice or more and others build up enough immunity to stop it. Why some are developing a new class of symptoms well after the virus has become inactive following exposure. When will we discover the next Covid-? and what will it look like.
I’m taking the vaccine as soon as I can get it. I’m taking it less for me but rather for my wife, her parents, my children and grandchildren, my friends, and as quick a return to normal as humanly possible. The same reason I wear a mask and social distance.
Fire away!