(02-12-2021, 01:09 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(02-12-2021, 01:03 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I am still confused by these orders for vaccines which won't be ready until after we plan to be finished vaccinating everyone, it basically amounts to a donation to the COVAX program, which is great, but I feel like it's a little misleading.
As for a production facility, this has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines, it won't be ready till after the whole world is vaccinated, it's a good facility to build, but if we were actually prioritizing this, we'd be repurposing existing buildings under emergency measures.
I personally believe that COVID-19 will not disappear this year, in spite of the vaccinations. There will be further variants -- we already have three major ones -- and at some point there will be a need for booster vaccinations to deal with those. Maybe not with the same level of urgency as now, but the need will nevertheless be there.
This is the reason. We need this facility so we can rely on ourselves for yearly vaccinations against COVID-19. I suppose the upside (edit) to this, perhaps we finally will find the cure for the common cold.
But 100% we need this facility, even if it does nothing for us for this round of the disease.