Big Pharma: COVID19 Vaccine by this Fall Not Happening – Mandatory Flu Shots Instead?
With BILLIONS of dollars in revenue at stake for pharmaceutical companies to develop products to "cure" the COVID-19 virus, we are seeing plenty of infighting among drug companies as they rush to get products to market. This infighting among pharmaceutical companies gives the public an insight into what is really going on, if one turns off their TV long enough to search other news sources. As public health officials and politicians tout the benefits of a COVID-19 vaccine that many are saying could be ready as early as the Fall of 2020, experts within the pharmaceutical industry are saying that there is no possible way for this to happen, and that since it would be an entirely new class of vaccines, it could take up to 5 years or longer. In spite of this, many politicians, including some state governors, are stating that they will not completely re-open their states until a vaccine is developed, with the implication that the vaccine will be required to "return to normal" activities. In yesterday's White House Coronavirus Task Force press conference (April 22, 2020), there was a noticeable switch from promoting a yet-to-be-developed COVID-19 vaccine to instead promoting the flu vaccine for this coming Fall, perhaps signifying that the leading health authorities are coming to grips with the fact that there will be no COVID-19 vaccine anytime soon, as they called upon the public to keep complying with public health measures this Fall once we reach flu season, such as continuing to practice personal hygiene and social distancing, but to now add to that "getting your flu shot."