By the end of this thing, it is possible that governments will have spent more bailing out the hotel industry than trying to accelerate vaccine development

The difference in value to society of getting a vaccine in May 2021 vs March 2022 is huge, but the difference in private profits is not

Just the cost saving from not having to do covid testing for a few months would be in the 10s of billions worldwide!

Let's have a 50 billion dollar prize for a vaccine!

I think people are very good at "we need it by Friday" urgency. They'll hustle and, if possible, get it done

"We need it by November" urgency is much harder to pull off, especially in a group. Sustainable fast execution is very hard