More and more reports from countries talking about potential vaccines. Tests appear to have worked on Chimps and human testing is underway.
So it is looking promising...
- China claims to be working on 3 different possible vaccines- all of which would be ready by October.
- UK has the University of Oxford saying that they could have the vaccine ready by September- and Imperial college are also saying they will have one ready for November.
- US are testing lots of options, with one private company looking like the favourites to release a possible vaccine in October.
- Italy claimed they could have one near the end of the year.
Many are following different approaches so the idea is that the best ones will be developed further. Some may suit older or younger patients. Some better for prevention than cures, others better as a treatment to help sick patients build up immunity.
In the UK the biggest pharma company has started production of the Oxford vaccine assuming it will work- and write it off if it does not work.
Saw this UK pharma is in talks with merging with the American company that is also developing a vaccine.
Will be interesting to see how it is distributed.
The UK government already has an order for 100 million dosages- more than the 65 Million population. The US also has a backorder for over a billion dollars. How would the EU feel about this? If the EU gets the thrid bite who is next? What about NATO? It could turn in as a free for all. Even auction-based with the highest bidder - like what happened with PPE.
WHO is talking about equal distribution across the world - but the country where it is invented surely have to get the first preference- before distributing across the globe.
If China invents the best cure - will they give the world this for free given they gave Corona to everyone.