Question

1. Ezekiel Emanuel is a renown health economist. Do you agree with him that the U.S. is not ready for this distribution of vaccines if there is one out by January?

2. In the article A Comprehensive COVID Vaccine Plan, there is a list of the types of vaccines that are being developed. Which makes the most sense to you and explain why.

Answer 1

1. Yes I agree with the statement given by Ezekiel Emanuel. According to many researchers it has been told that U.S is still not ready to come out with a vaccine for Covid-19 pandemic. The reason behind this is that U.S still running tests to get a positive response. But it has become a huge failure for certain reasons. According to researchers it is told that U.S has less freedom, if U.S could have take better public health measurements the rate of transmission would have been lowered. Countries like Taiwan, Japan and Newzealand has worked out the lockdown better than U.S. Therefore, U.S has less chance to come up with a vaccine by January.

2. Protein Vaccine - using of protein Vaccine would be better because the production of this vaccine is done by all licensed vaccine which is used to treat hepatitis B, influenza and HPV vaccine. This vaccine can be produced quickly and doesn't need any kind of cold or hot temperature to stored, it can be stored unlike other vaccine are kept in a moderate temperature. But the vaccine does need be reapplied multiple times depending upon the patient's condition. Companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, Novavax and Baylor College of Medicine are producing this type of vaccine. Protein vaccine doesn't have any kind of harsh side-effects or does cause any harm to the body. Therefore, using this vaccine would make more sense rather than any other vaccines.