I have read and reread this comment and am honestly not sure whether this was a reply to my answer or to something else.
On point 1, I think the past week is a fair indication that the coronavirus is a big problem, and we can let this point pass.
On point 2, as of my answer, there seemed to be no academic talk of human challenge trials to shorten vaccine timelines, regardless of how many were working on vaccines. The problem I see is that if a human challenge trial would shorten timelines, authorities and researchers might still hesitate to run one due to paternalistic attitudes in medical ethics. The problem not that authorities and researchers are not trying to make a vaccine or need amateurs to do their job for them. So, this problem in particular seemed neglected, and worth raising to their attention.
On point 3, I’m not sure if you intended to discuss the expected impact of speeding vaccine development, or if you were confused on what a human challenge trial is? I did not discuss making theoretical models of the impact of the coronavirus on the world.
Points 4 and 5 do not seem to engage with my answer at all.
If this was a mispost, no harm no foul.
Otherwise- I’m not opposed to having a respectful, in-depth discussion of this issue. But the majority of your reply was off-topic and the rest only vaguely engaged with what I wrote. If future replies are similar I’m not going to respond.
https://sciencehouse.wordpress.com has a more recent study and discussion of 2 other studies at imperial college london and oxford. Science Magazine AAAS also has a whole issue (march 27) on topic. COVID-19 appears to be a real problem but time will tell. (My area has many scientists, but also many poor and uneducated people, so there are lots of ‘conspiracy theories’ floating around—‘viruses of the mind’—there are academic papers on these as well, mostly written by physicists.)
My point 4 i actually view as the main one, unless you are actually developing vaccines in a laboratory or testing them in the field. I have done a tiny bit of lab biology and field biology as a student a but its not my area )
In that sense my comment was ‘off topic’—i was talking about prevention, not cures. A term commonly used now is to avoid ‘hot spots’—the temperature or incidence of the virus is not the same everywhere, so while it may seem biased, avoid the hot spots . You can say hi to your neighbor, but you cant hug them.
I have read and reread this comment and am honestly not sure whether this was a reply to my answer or to something else.
On point 1, I think the past week is a fair indication that the coronavirus is a big problem, and we can let this point pass.
On point 2, as of my answer, there seemed to be no academic talk of human challenge trials to shorten vaccine timelines, regardless of how many were working on vaccines. The problem I see is that if a human challenge trial would shorten timelines, authorities and researchers might still hesitate to run one due to paternalistic attitudes in medical ethics. The problem not that authorities and researchers are not trying to make a vaccine or need amateurs to do their job for them. So, this problem in particular seemed neglected, and worth raising to their attention.
On point 3, I’m not sure if you intended to discuss the expected impact of speeding vaccine development, or if you were confused on what a human challenge trial is? I did not discuss making theoretical models of the impact of the coronavirus on the world.
Points 4 and 5 do not seem to engage with my answer at all.
If this was a mispost, no harm no foul.
Otherwise- I’m not opposed to having a respectful, in-depth discussion of this issue. But the majority of your reply was off-topic and the rest only vaguely engaged with what I wrote. If future replies are similar I’m not going to respond.
https://sciencehouse.wordpress.com has a more recent study and discussion of 2 other studies at imperial college london and oxford. Science Magazine AAAS also has a whole issue (march 27) on topic. COVID-19 appears to be a real problem but time will tell. (My area has many scientists, but also many poor and uneducated people, so there are lots of ‘conspiracy theories’ floating around—‘viruses of the mind’—there are academic papers on these as well, mostly written by physicists.)
My point 4 i actually view as the main one, unless you are actually developing vaccines in a laboratory or testing them in the field. I have done a tiny bit of lab biology and field biology as a student a but its not my area )
In that sense my comment was ‘off topic’—i was talking about prevention, not cures. A term commonly used now is to avoid ‘hot spots’—the temperature or incidence of the virus is not the same everywhere, so while it may seem biased, avoid the hot spots . You can say hi to your neighbor, but you cant hug them.
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com may have more discussion that is more relevant to your post.