> so we [the world] can develop and approve vaccines for new diseases within months?
Approving vaccines could be done in days, if we are willing to ignore the obvious problem of that approval being completely worthless. Situations like the current one with a heavily incentivized race to the mass market are favoring crooks willing to fudge tests. In the last two decades multiple bad actors (GKV, Ranbaxy, Cetero) had been found in the economy of clinical trials. Due diligence takes time.
Approving vaccines could be done in days, if we are willing to ignore the obvious problem of that approval being completely worthless. Situations like the current one with a heavily incentivized race to the mass market are favoring crooks willing to fudge tests. In the last two decades multiple bad actors (GKV, Ranbaxy, Cetero) had been found in the economy of clinical trials. Due diligence takes time.