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Originally Posted by O.city
Yeah, people are idiots. That will always be true.
I actually talked to a couple friends today that are part of the phase III trials. No clue if they got placebo or the real thing though. I'm not sure if they're supposed to say they're in it or not though?
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The vaccine will be big but effective therapeutics will be even bigger. And it seems that when you talk with medical professionals and other experts alike they all seem to coalesce around that.
Prevention is key but for various reasons it won't be effective for everyone, especially early on. Therefore we need effective ways to treat it that don't involve a trip to the hospital.
That being said I heard an epidemiologist on CNBC last week say the really effective vaccine is 5-10 years out because that's how long it takes to get something solid like say the flu vaccine.
This seems like common sense to me anyway. If you can prevent it great but we know people will get it and we have to remove the fear of what it means if you get it.