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Some worry 'Operation Warp Speed' plays into anti-vaccination movement's hands | TheHill
Some worry 'Operation Warp Speed' plays into anti-vaccination movement's hands
President Trump’s rapid push for a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year may be playing into hands of the anti-vaccine community, which has already used the coronavirus crisis to further its conspiracy claims about the safety of vaccines.
The Trump administration is racing to get a vaccine to the market quickly with “Operation Warp Speed.”
The project’s goal is to have 300 million vaccine doses available by January, an accelerated version of the administration’s previous projections of needing 12 to 18 months to get a vaccine ready for the public.
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My thoughts on this:
1. The chances of having a reliable & effective vaccine available for distribution to 300 million people by the end of the year is highly improbable based simply on the logistics & the ways that vaccines are developed.
2. Some trial vaccines have made the recipients very ill.
3. The biology of the coronavirus S protein, on which the Moderna vaccine is based, is frought with inherent problems. I've posted about these before.
4. Is Trump using the DPA to ready the syringes & associated dispensers with which to administer this vaccine? You don't just throw a switch & these things suddenly appear.
5. Many people, myself & anti-vaxxers included, are going to wait to find out the results of the initial application of a new vaccine.
6. Dozens of different vaccines are being developed by different pharma companies. Besides the necessary clinical trials for each, how long will comparison evaluation trials between these contenders take? The end of the year is only 6+ months away, not a realistic time frame to get all this accomplished by Trump's deadline.
Some worry 'Operation Warp Speed' plays into anti-vaccination movement's hands
President Trump’s rapid push for a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year may be playing into hands of the anti-vaccine community, which has already used the coronavirus crisis to further its conspiracy claims about the safety of vaccines.
The Trump administration is racing to get a vaccine to the market quickly with “Operation Warp Speed.”
The project’s goal is to have 300 million vaccine doses available by January, an accelerated version of the administration’s previous projections of needing 12 to 18 months to get a vaccine ready for the public.
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My thoughts on this:
1. The chances of having a reliable & effective vaccine available for distribution to 300 million people by the end of the year is highly improbable based simply on the logistics & the ways that vaccines are developed.
2. Some trial vaccines have made the recipients very ill.
3. The biology of the coronavirus S protein, on which the Moderna vaccine is based, is frought with inherent problems. I've posted about these before.
4. Is Trump using the DPA to ready the syringes & associated dispensers with which to administer this vaccine? You don't just throw a switch & these things suddenly appear.
5. Many people, myself & anti-vaxxers included, are going to wait to find out the results of the initial application of a new vaccine.
6. Dozens of different vaccines are being developed by different pharma companies. Besides the necessary clinical trials for each, how long will comparison evaluation trials between these contenders take? The end of the year is only 6+ months away, not a realistic time frame to get all this accomplished by Trump's deadline.