Practicalities, musings!25 Jul 2020 13:27
We are in very odd times and rules will need to be twisted/changed/modified!
The main event is in the US, entirely of the 'orangatang's' own making. The increase in (detected) infections is now accelerating at an exponential rate. Now 4m in the US alone (the latest 1m increase is all in the last month, the next 1m will be a matter of weeks/days). No it is not due to increased testing and it is an understatement of the true picture due to low testing.
None, that is none of these people will benefit from a vaccine. A vaccine will only work to build up an immunity prior to an infection.
How many will be in need of a theraputic remedy by the time SNG001 can be widely released in the US? How soon will some of the sunbelt states run out of ICU beds, causing desperate need for something? How many doses can be made/supplied in that time? What of the UK/Europe and the rest of the world? Assuming SNG001 is as effective as the small trial indicates, this will be needed in vast numbers and pretty soon.
Presidential election only 15 weeks away. Orangatan likely has no time left to pull a rabbit out of the bag, but he will try anything and everything that he can IMO.
You can expect him to throw vast amounts of cash at the problem - how hes does this is anyone's guess, but cash there will be.