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Originally Posted by stealthn
I realize the amount of money the “winning” company will make, but this is a Global pandemic, why is the world not mandating all companies work together to find a solution they all agree on. The “race” to the cure will have nothing but casualties...
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Yes and no. From a biochemical perspective, there are different ways to induce an immune response (even, presumably to the same pathogen). Not knowing at first which way will work (or if multiple ways will), it can be advantageous to have different approaches being developed simultaneously. Thus, even if one vaccine doesn't prove to be successful, possibly another vaccine may work. Now I'm hearing that a third vaccine may be annouced in the next week or so, and that there are maybe 2 others which sound promising.