Minimal research into coronaviruses and no drugs or vaccines in the pipeline.
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In a prior post, we channeled a report titled “The Road Not Traveled” by investigative reporter Christine Dolan.
For details, see: 15 years ago, scientists bet that the next pandemic would NOT be a coronavirus and Why the bad bet?
In a nutshell, Dolan concludes that circa 2003:
The scientific world bet that the next big pandemic would emanate from a more traditional flu and not a coronavirus like Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Obviously, that bet proved wrong … deadly wrong!
And, the implication of the bad bet:
“Although coronaviruses have been recognized as human pathogens for about 50 years, no effective treatment strategy has been developed.”
The fundamental reason: economics.
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