Operation Warp Speed: A new model for industrial policy

Re:Operation Warp Speed: A new model for industrial policy by tootie on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:14PM (#30143254)

Planet Money did a great breakdown of the whole thing. They put a lot more credit on Kadlec himself and implied the Slaoui and Perna were just sort of there to make sales pitches. I think it also can't be understated that none of the bureaucratic victories would be possible if the science wasn't so advanced. Moderna had their vaccine in hand and ready for trials in a matter of weeks.

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1053003777

Also, notable that Russia and China delivered vaccines even faster by not bothering with so much testing. They took a much bigger risk in their approach, but the vaccines they produced turned out to be nearly as effective as those coming from US/UK/Germany

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Re:Operation Warp Speed: A new model for industrial policy by refurb on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:28PM (#30143370)

The Russian and China vaccines were NOT as effective. And the Russian vaccines had lot to lot variability that was pretty worrisome.

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Re:Operation Warp Speed: A new model for industrial policy by dirtyid on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:50PM (#30144257)

Seems like with omicron, working inactivated vaccines appear comparably effective at preventing severe cases considering mRNA does not substantively prevent breakthrough infections. I mean they are on paper, but in practice it means buying a few extra days before spread goes out of control. It's down to costs, manufacturability and logistics. Then arguably inactivated vaccines come out ahead as most countries can produce them and they have no cold chain requirements. A country that can afford and has the capability to go all mRNA will be better off for it. But it terms of global vax effort they're now relatively less effective than inactivated solutions.

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