RE: order13 Dec 2021 13:58
The idea that therapeutics will replace vaccines is bonkers.
How expensive do you think a therapeutic is compared to a vaccine? One stops most people getting very sick and prevents most people spreading it to others. The other stops sick people getting worse.... after they get sick. Do the math about cost per unit and hospital admission. Also - ethically we decide to not bother about prevention?? It's nuts. Richard Marsden would be shocked.
We need public health measures (masks etc) + vaccines + therapeutics + application of care protocols (they are learning always about how to care for the patient at different stages of illness). Therapeutics are incredibly important because they currently don't meaningfully exist today, leaving a gap in the above list, but they are not the only answer
Vaccines can become more targeted to specific groups dependent on variants and how good the therapeutics are - eventually. Today - no.