How long to vaccinate everyone?

[OhClover]

I know the vaccine won’t be ready till next year, but once it’s available how long will it take to manufacture enough vaccines and administer them to billions of people?

It will take ages won’t it? I suppose I’m thinking even once it’s ready there may be a big delay before we can get back to normal

Years and years

Most vaccines are made in eggs. You need mass production of hens then need to wait for them to lay the eggs and mature sufficiently

Apparently BAT (British American Tobacco) are using tobacco plants to create Covid vaccines.
“UK/US. British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced that its US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), is in the process of developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19. The vaccine is already in pre-clinical testing.

BAT said it is hopeful that, “if testing goes well”, and with the right partners and support from government agencies, between 1 and 3 million doses of the vaccine could be manufactured per week, commencing in June.

It pointed out that KBP remains a commercial operation, but the intention is that its work around the COVID-19 vaccine project will be carried out on a not-for-profit basis.”
www.moodiedavittreport.com/bat-us-bio-tech-subsidiary-developing-potential-covid-19-vaccine-for-possible-june-introduction/

That’s really encouraging plan, really hope something comes of it.

Am not sure all vaccines are grown in egg, might be wrong. We should be able to start by next winter in time for the next wave

I am not sure if BAT will win the vaccine race. Johnson & Johnson in the US started clinical trials two weeks ago with their vaccine.

However, long term, I think plant based vaccines are worth exploring and investing in. Many people who can’t have all their shots miss out on vaccines because they have an egg allergy or pork gelatin allergy. In addition, a growing number of vegans are becoming anti-vaxxers because vaccines do have ingredients derived from animals (eggs and Having plant based vaccines would remove those barriers keeping us from getting herd immunity and eradicating many diseases.

I wonder what proportion of the population get the flu jab every year? It takes them several months to do that