Pfizer to seek U.S. authorization for Covid booster shot

Post by pbak » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 12:40 PM UTC

ummonk wrote: post #46

pbak wrote: post #28

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It took us 6 months to vaccinate 400-500 mil. people in industrial nations with the best logistics systems on the planet. We won't even be able to vaccinate the rest with basic doses for 7 years at a minimum at this rate. Alternatively, we produce cheap prophylactic drugs in industrial quantities and flood the battlefield.

That was limited by manufacturing not logistics. If we continue scaling up manufacturing (and not diverting it to unnecessary uses like booster doses), the world can get vaccinated in a reasonable time frame.

Have you ever work in so-called 2nd and 3rd world countries ?

Post by _djo_ » Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 10:56 AM UTC

refurb wrote: post #24

_djo_ wrote: post #19

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Sharing IP to allow other countries to manufacture their own doses would be a huge step forward.

Ain’t no country going to make the mRNA vaccines in time unless they already have the technology.

A lot of countries have the technological capability to manufacture mRNA vaccines with open licensing. However those aren't the only options, and even developing countries can make vaccines like the AZ and J&J ones as evidenced by some of the existing outsourced production. What's lacking is the legal right to do so.

This also should be a global engineering effort with technology transfer and an active effort to open up COVID vaccine manufacturing wherever possible.

Re: Pfizer to seek U.S. authorization for Covid booster shot

Re: Pfizer to seek U.S. authorization for Covid booster shot