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Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps
Serious question. Why such a focus on a vaccine even though we have a flu vaccine but we still get it every year? Why isn't there more focus on easy, cheap, at home testing? I don't know, but I would imagine if you could buy a pack of 30 "test strips" on Amazon for $19.99 or something and just check it at home like a blood sugar test or something it would help a lot since to me it seems a big problem with this specific virus is the a symptomatic spreading.
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If you had a choice: guaranteed flow of grants (=$$), or market competition and associated risks, what would you prefer?
The fact is, the business case for covid vaccine is not as apparent as it would seem. With flu, you have a pretty much guaranteed continuation; covid may be gone once and for all (not as a virus, but as a global threat worth risking investing $$$$).
So the focus is primarily political, something any side can clutch to and make a condition for whatever objective they may have.