Could a vaccine really be ready in September?

[Iamclearlyamug]

I really hope it's possible, though it would take many months longer to have them delivered and co-ordinate vaccinating many millions of people

news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-vaccine-could-be-ready-as-early-as-september-according-to-scientist-11971804

If a vaccine were created, tested and manufactured within barely 5 months would you be prepared to have it? I will be honest and say I would have definite reservations about allowing my children to have a vaccine that would have had the very minimal testing this timescale would allow. I am far from anti vaccination by the way, my children have received all standard vaccinations plus some privately that they weren’t given on the NHS.

The lead researcher in oxford has triplets - all biochemistry students, they've all volunteered for the trial according to that Times interview.

A vaccine for swine flu was found, mass produced and administered within a few months.

That was a strain of flu. Different kettle of fish.

The research into vaccines for MERS and SARS were given up quite quickly due to the infection being locked down very quickly. So it is not really comparable to this pandemic. It was not commercially viable to throw million and millions at a vaccine when it's not really needed.

Covid19 vaccine is really needed hence why the billions are being thrown at it. September is optimistic in my opinion but any hope at the moment is better than none.

It’s hard for us to tell, isn’t it? I guess if the vaccine is based on something that’s already widely used (maybe the animal coronavirus vaccine?) she can be fairly confident about efficacy and safety. But realistically none of us have a clue. We don’t know if this Prof is consistently over optimistic. We don’t understand the science to the level needed to judge for ourselves.

I do think it would be great if a British university rather than an American corporation developed the vaccine. More chance of it reaching everyone who needs it.

EYProvider From what I've read it was easier (and faster) to develop a swine flu vaccine as it was a different strain from seasonal flu and older people had some immunity against. Unlike Covid 19, it was children who were most affected because they lack of "herd" immunity.

COVID19 is not a flu virus, there is no herd immunity and nothing is known about it. Time is needed for human trials and no amount of money can speed up the process.

A vaccine for swine flu was found, mass produced and administered within a few months.

Probably different as there was already a flu vaccine, which just some modification, and not starting from scratch like CV.

As a pp mentioned just take a long and hard look at how long science has been searching for a cure for Aids and how close scientists have claimed to be to finding a vaccine...

Well, testing has started. And flu vaccines are devised and mass produced in under 6 months which suggests we have the infrastructure if testing is good

There are a number of factors for why HIV is different to most other viruses why explain why there's no vaccine - r as I can see they don't apply to Coronavirus

www.healthline.com/health/hiv-aids/vaccine-how-close-are-we#obstacles

I don't think anyone has suggested that the HIV virus is anything like this novel coronavirus , just that that it shows that money and willingness alone are not enough to find a vaccine.

I really hope we do find one and by Sept - even just to have identified one would be fantastic, would really help the exit strategy planning even if it's not widely available.
But a lot of people seem to feel that waiting for a vaccine is a viable strategy however it IS possible there will never be one.I
This is not a flu variant.

Struggling to see it, there still isnt a vaccine for MERS or SARS and they have been around way longer.

This research was (unfortunately) interupted though once the spread was controlled, as there was no longer money in it. It might give us a headstart though, as among the things scientists are doing is repurposing the vaccines that were in development for SARS/MERS against Covid-19: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/when-will-coronavirus-vaccine-be-ready

That is pretty amazing about the Bill Gates Foundation. I just googled it, and it looks like they are providing funding to build factories for the seven most likely candidates.

That has to speed the process up a bit.