[vimy]

I remember at the start of the pandemic Bill Gates was funding mass production of, I'm not sure but I believe 8, several vaccines before trials were completed. The idea was that there wouldn't be a delay between testing and having enough doses for everyone. He said some of the vaccines would fail their trials and the money would be wasted but he said it was worth it to kickstart production.

I wonder if it made a difference? Does anyone know more how his plan turned out?

[mynegation]

Was he actually funding building the plants or advocated for it? My impression was - it is the latter.

[peytn]

I was surprised to learn he backtracked and said he was “exploring” the idea. Curious if anybody has a more recent update.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/9/21210250/coronavirus-bil...

He certainly put money towards COVID, but it’s unclear to me if the factory building idea went anywhere.