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>In particular, why aren’t these problems solved?

I think the poster already addressed this.

>> The author makes innovation out to be something akin to "if we focus on this, then it will change", but that's not how this typically works.

This is correct. It's not like money and focus don't help, but you can't construct innovation where you want it, when you want it.

Particularly the idea that we haven't been "innovating hard enough" on vaccines is just silly. It was a innovation that let us have anything at all on the timelines we experienced.