Quote:
Originally Posted by Opie
This thought process is equal to gasoline is a fuel, coal is a fuel, why can't I use coal in my car.
|
Uh, no.
The thought process is that the mechanics/concepts behind how it (a traditional vaccine) works are well-researched, well-tested. This means that the wall between using it for one virus and using it for a newer virus is much lower, because the mechanisms don't need additional research/investment, only the part that involves fighting the new virus.
To use your own example, automobile manufacturers likely know a lot about different fuel sources, like gasoline, ethanol, hydrogen, electricity. They know how to make the energy and deliver it through the drivetrain. The barrier for them is updating the drivetrain to suit the fuel source, just as a traditional vaccine needs to be updated to suit the virus it's needed to fight.
You seem to think they're just bypassing those hoops.
If that were the case, the emergency use authorization would've been done long before any type of phase trialing was done this past year as it would have been deemed unnecessary.