Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
It just isn't feasible. Making a vaccine requires specialized equipment. Saying "just ramp up production now" is the same as telling Boeing to just make more 777s. It takes months to build these facilities. Most of the manufacturers are private companies. Who is going to provide the financing? When everyone gets vaccinated in a couple of years, what are these companies going to do with these facilitates once there is no more demand?
I used to work in that industry... they already have large-scale vaccine production systems, especially for the flu. Might have to prioritize COVID over flu this summer? Flu risk might be mitigated by social distancing.
They should also obviously start ramping up whatever additional production facilities are needed... Ford is making medical ICU equipment out of F-150 parts, I'm sure they can figure something out.
We can do what we need to do, we DON'T have to accept the standard bureaucratic salutation: "The answer's No, now what's the question?"