In the public imagination, the arrival of a coronavirus vaccine looms large: It’s the neat Hollywood ending to the grim and agonizing uncertainty of everyday life in a pandemic.
But public health experts are discussing among themselves a new worry: that hopes for a vaccine may be soaring too high. The confident depiction by politicians and companies that a vaccine is imminent and inevitable may give people unrealistic beliefs about how soon the world can return to normal and could lead to resistance to simple strategies that can tamp down transmission and save lives in the short term.
Two coronavirus vaccines entered the final stages of human testing last week, a scientific speed record that prompted top government health officials to utter words such as “historic” and “astounding.” Pharmaceutical executives predicted to Congress in July that vaccines might be available as soon as October, or before the end of the year.
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WNU Editor: From what I have read and from listening to the "experts", I am not optimistic that there will be a viable vaccine anytime soon. These things take time, and this virus has shown itself to be resilient and full of surprises.
Simple testing with quicker results...though I'm not holding my breath.
ReplyDeleteYou asked for simpler testing and quicker results.
ReplyDeleteResults that take too long are useless. Agreed.
Any one who take 1st semester stats ask for fewer false positives and negatives.
No one in the press corps(e) (R.I.P.) asked for the α and β risks?