In 1957 they put together a flu vaccine in four months.
Of course, in 1969 we had flight-ready NERVA nuclear rocket engines. In 1962, Orion was ready for nuclear flight… progress doesn’t always go in a straight line.
Least of all in biotech, where our incentives are so twisted that we use the most dangerous treatments first.
Moderna says they’ll have their RNA vaccine in production by July, BTW. And there are safer treatments under study:
In 1957 they put together a flu vaccine in four months.
Of course, in 1969 we had flight-ready NERVA nuclear rocket engines. In 1962, Orion was ready for nuclear flight… progress doesn’t always go in a straight line.
Least of all in biotech, where our incentives are so twisted that we use the most dangerous treatments first.
Moderna says they’ll have their RNA vaccine in production by July, BTW. And there are safer treatments under study:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.17.047480v1