Meliva wrote:To be fair, the covid vaccines were made in a rush, so it's understandable to be a bit concerned about them-any new medicine should be thoroughly tested and examined, but due to covid being such an issue, we didn't really have the luxury of being able to really test and work on it. Of course, considering Biden and Harris got vaccinated I think it's safe as far as the experts can tell.
Actually, not more of a rush than the usual seasonal flu vaccines get designed and made in. The infrastructure is already there for that : how else do you think they could get from zero to billions of doses so fast?
What was fast was the regulatory process : they trimmed months off the usual waiting for responses times. Example was a UK govt dept was asked to justify its 'normal' eight week process for one function. They had two entire weeks in it which served no purpose but to stretch it to eight weeks, because, of course, every knew it took eight weeks.
Add in dedicated lab provision : labs aint cheap so most labs get used in blocks : a study is completed, they move out, the lab gets seriously deep cleaned or re-configured, even re-built with new surfaces, drainage and air-movement kit, and then the next project moves in. The first study waits for approval for its next step from either govt regulators or its internal process then has to wait until a lab comes free.
Bit like how a garage can have your car for a week but only works on it for a morning. Or how a truck that takes twenty minutes to unload can sit for hours at a factory : waiting.