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December 23, 2021 - January 2, 2022
how do you fight a pandemic, when you are in a pandemic?
If it isn’t written down, it didn’t happen.
The whole world was going to need it, not just the few countries that could afford to pay the most.
It can be hard to shift someone’s long-held view even if it is wrong.
only this one legally aborted foetus was used to generate all the billions of HEK293 cells that will ever be needed,fn8 the impression usually given is that abortions are being carried out to order to generate the materials needed.
We invest heavily in armed forces and intelligence and diplomacy to defend against wars. In the same way, we need to invest in pandemic preparedness to defend against pandemics.
In the UK, the government had already identified before the pandemic that its vaccine manufacturing capacity was extremely limited. As a result, the Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) is currently being built. This facility will, once completed, be available for manufacturing of vaccines in an emergency situation and would have been a vital resource if it had been ready in time for this crisis. I am sure that the UK will not be alone in looking to develop our own robust local manufacturing capability.
Facilities are nothing without the scientists and technicians who work in them.