Originally Posted by
Bahamasflyer
There is NO way we can afford to wait more than a freakin year for a vaccine for this thing
We've got to fast track everything and have it in 3-4 months max, if we have any hope at all of returning to normal. We've got the worlds best and brightest scientists in the USA and the collective brainpower they have should absolutely be able to make this happen, especially since the govt realizes this is literally life or death for everyone, physically, economically, or both.
From the very first information available on vaccines, at the beginning of the pandemic, the best case scenario is 12-18 months, currently, for an emergency vaccine to be made available to the general public. In the US, historically, a typical vaccine development timeline, from beginning to large scale availability is about 30 years.
Johnson & Johnson stock climbed 8% Monday after the company said human testing of its experimental vaccine for the coronavirus will begin by September and it could be available for emergency use authorization in early 2021.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/john...candidate.html