2 Lessons from COVID-19 Vaccine Rapid Development

DOI: 10.1201/9781003212911-2

2.1 Introduction

The worldwide emergence of COVID-19 in 2020 taught the entire world new lessons on how to world together rapidly because the potential for assured-mutual success. The rapidity with which vaccines were developed for the pandemic demonstrated that we could work together successfully and productively, if pushed in that direction. Although there was initial hesitance on the part of some pharmaceutical manufacturers to go it alone in outshining other manufacturers by bringing their respective products to the market ahead of others, it quickly began obvious that more success could be achieved by working together. As a result, worldwide teamwork saved ...

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