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Vaccines are fantastic .... they've just about eradicated a great many diseases , life threatening diseases but there have also been one or two well known mishaps ...... such as Thalidomide.
Do I think the pharmaceutical companies will be rushing to get out a viable vaccine ?
You bet I do.... Aside from the obvious health and welfare of the world I'm sure there's also a great deal of rivalry due to profits, pipping the competition at the post. Millions, even billions, will be made over this.
I hope no corners are cut.
Thalidomide isn't a vaccin, but a drug curing nausea. Like all drugs it has side effects.
Yes I know .... but it was a drug developed in a laboratory that underwent safety trials, as does the development of vaccines.
It was developed initially as a sedative and I think (?) is still in use today for certain cancer treatments.
Since thalidomide new medicines are tested for teratogenic effects before being admitted.
Most countries have a way to report them. You have the yellow card system.