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ElwoodBlues · M
The funniest part of all this is that the vaccine that was far and away most common in the US - Pfizer - had nothing to do with Op Warp Speed! Yes boys and girls, Pfizer was first to market, much more widely available, and developed in Germany by a Turkish couple without any money from Op Warp Speed.
Not that OWS wasn't a good idea; it was more like an insurance policy. Moderna didn't reach high production levels that first year; Pfizer did. OWS actually funded phase 3 trials of five vaccine candidates, and two made it to market: Moderna and J&J. This is all good; vaccines are tough to develop, so backing five candidates was smart. It's just that, in the end, Pfizer was as good as Moderna and more available.
Not that OWS wasn't a good idea; it was more like an insurance policy. Moderna didn't reach high production levels that first year; Pfizer did. OWS actually funded phase 3 trials of five vaccine candidates, and two made it to market: Moderna and J&J. This is all good; vaccines are tough to develop, so backing five candidates was smart. It's just that, in the end, Pfizer was as good as Moderna and more available.