EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
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Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#2Seems rather short sighted in my opinion given that the current scientific consensus is that Covid will become a seasonal thing as it mutates which means that booster shots will probably be needed. Given that amount of R&D funds that the two companies have put in I would imagine they would be reluctant to join in efforts to produce a vaccination for future variations.
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#3Seems rather short sighted in my opinion given that the current scientific consensus is that Covid will become a seasonal thing as it mutates which means that booster shots will probably be needed. Given that amount of R&D funds that the two companies have put in I would imagine they would be reluctant to join in efforts to produce a vaccination for future variations.
short sighted is the mantra in a lot of EU Politics...
In Germany politicians don't think longer then the next TV/Internet shit storm cycle...
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#4The EU Commission is disputing this report, according to German news.
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#5Seems rather short sighted in my opinion given that the current scientific consensus is that Covid will become a seasonal thing as it mutates which means that booster shots will probably be needed. Given that amount of R&D funds that the two companies have put in I would imagine they would be reluctant to join in efforts to produce a vaccination for future variations.
Ending a contract would encourage them to do more R&D for more future contracts.
Don't subsidize drugs/vaccines that don't work.
There are 100+ vaccines being worked on. We're fine.
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#6Seems rather short sighted in my opinion given that the current scientific consensus is that Covid will become a seasonal thing as it mutates which means that booster shots will probably be needed. Given that amount of R&D funds that the two companies have put in I would imagine they would be reluctant to join in efforts to produce a vaccination for future variations.
Long-term availability of mRNA vaccines is looking great (short-term is bad to middling but delivery promises were kept and even over-fulfilled and there were no relevant hiccups – everything is scaling up as quickly or more quickly than promised) and they seem to be the gold standard. Plus, as a bonus, maybe they are easier to modify.
Price and logistics aren’t really a concern that’s relevant for the EU and mRNA vaccines. It’s cheap enough and easy enough to handle.
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#7Good. But at the same time it should be possible to buy through private channels. So we can circumvent and get rid of the terribly inefficient bureaucrats.
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#8Good. But at the same time it should be possible to buy through private channels. So we can circumvent and get rid of the terribly inefficient bureaucrats.
Source?
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#9Good. But at the same time it should be possible to buy through private channels. So we can circumvent and get rid of the terribly inefficient bureaucrats.
As usual, advocating for personal freedom gets you downvoted. It's such a funny pattern.
Re: EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
#10Seems rather short sighted in my opinion given that the current scientific consensus is that Covid will become a seasonal thing as it mutates which means that booster shots will probably be needed. Given that amount of R&D funds that the two companies have put in I would imagine they would be reluctant to join in efforts to produce a vaccination for future variations.
Ending a contract would encourage them to do more R&D for more future contracts. Don't subsidize drugs/vaccines that don't work. There are 100+ vaccines being worked on. We're fine.
> Don't subsidize drugs/vaccines that don't work.
Why not? Funding vaccine research seems a worthy endeavor even if some of the research doesn’t pan out. The end result doesn’t need to be an immediately usable vaccine in order for the time & money spent to be worthwhile. Even a completely failed vaccine project could yield a piece of information that helps ensure the next project doesn’t fail.