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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 1477 days ago
And also suspicious, that if they had stuck to the original plan, these vaccines would have come out in October, before the 2020 election, instead of just after the election, like they did.
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If you actually look at the details of the vaccine rollouts from both Moderna and Pfizer, you will see that it doesn't fit that narrative very well. For one, only moderna was subject to the delays mentioned above.
There's not much indication that they had the manufacturing in place to do an earlier roll out.

The shelf life and apparent initial demand were both compatible with starting ASAP.