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by jxramos 2199 days ago
I've actually been wondering as covid19 winds down and people's lived experiences no longer perceive it as the doom and gloom threat it once held sway with, if given that perception whether the market rewards will continue to stand and attract massive investments in pursuit of a vaccine where the rewards may not outweigh the risks.

I would think that would be a pretty strong signal that covid is not as large a risk if big industries don't think it worthwhile to pursue any longer. Along those lines of thinking have any of the big pharmaceutical companies given serious pursuit of a vaccine or is it mainly smaller outfits?
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cinntaile 2199 days ago
Most of the big pharma companies are developing a vaccine. [0] The ones that aren't specifically mentioned by name are probably funding some of the smaller biotech companies instead.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine

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jxramos 2199 days ago
That is an exceedingly thorough wiki article. What a great testament to community efforts. Thanks for sharing.
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Shank 2199 days ago
> I've actually been wondering as covid19 winds down and people's lived experiences no longer perceive it as the doom and gloom threat it once held sway with, if given that perception whether the market rewards will continue to stand and attract massive investments in pursuit of a vaccine where the rewards may not outweigh the risks.

This is an extremely long (56 word) and complex sentence. I fear that your point may be lost because of its length. Do you mind restating your thesis?

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jessfyi 2199 days ago
If you're in America, covid19 is not winding down. After working for Roche I think statements and projects like this are here solely for lip-service/to quickly attract VC bucks, but the threat is still very real and every major pharma company is dedicating resources and or M&A teams to the vaccine effort.
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redis_mlc 2198 days ago
As soon as SARS-1 died down in 2003, all human vaccine efforts and trials stopped.

Even worse, funding for general corona virus research also was not available.

That's why even though SARS-1 was in 2003, we're nowhere with SARS-2.

(China hid SARS-1 from about Nov. 2002 to Jan. 2003, similar to SARS-2.)

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jxramos 2192 days ago
This would be an interesting history to follow and summarize somewhere well documented for sure.
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