[stu2b50]

Ah yes, it's definitely a conspiracy, not the fact that the Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are RNA based, which are far faster to make, but which also are known to break down at high temperatures while AstraZeneca is a traditional vaccine.

Yep, it's definitely not the logical reason but Big Pharma and the US government and Germany at it again.

[stjohnswarts]

I wouldn't say far faster. Russia and China have both come up with vaccines in a similar amount of time. We haven't seen any details on how effective they are compared. J&J is making a more traditional vaccine and it should be finishing up the Stage 3 study in a month or two and be ready for approval. They're hoping it will be a single dose vaccine

[danhor]

I mean, two days in january: https://www.businessinsider.com/moderna-designed-coronavirus.... According to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gam-COVID-Vac), the Russian vaccine was completed in May and it's Phase 3 trial is expected to be concluded in May 202021. It's far faster & the timelines of the trials roughly match.