An explainer for why the US is not pursuing nasal vaccines. TLDR: there is no good explanation
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/health/covid-nasal-vaccines-warp-speed.html by @benjmueller@twitter.com
w/ @VirusesImmunity@twitter.com @florian_krammer@twitter.com
Is curing disease ever the preferred outcome of our healthcare/pharmaceutical system in the US?
I hate that I've gotten to this cynical position, but, a sterilizing vaccine just isn't profitable whereas COVID, long COVID treatments and endless booster shots present a potentially endless stream of money.
It feels like in the States it's business first everything else later. The more ill, the more profit.
I've tried to believe that that's not the case, but I can't figure out another answer to the current dilemma. I can only hope other nations take the lead here and those of us in the US get to also benefit from the outcomes.
