Here's an interesting question. How do we think the vaccine is going to be rolled out?
We are now at 5 in Phase 3
The two front runners are
Chinese company Sinovac is developing a vaccine based on inactivated Covid-19 particles. The vaccine has shown a promising safety profile in the early stages of testing and is now moving into Phase 3 trials in Brazil.
The University of Oxford vaccine is delivered via a chimpanzee virus, called the vaccine vector. The vector contains the genetic code of the protein spikes found on the coronavirus and triggers a strong immune response in the human body. The vaccine is in a combined phase 2/3 trial in the UK and has recently gone into phase 3 trials in South Africa and Brazil.
We also know that in a pandemic a vaccine doesn't need to be approved before it can be rolled out so what would be the quickest way to do this if we get one before the end of the year?
The USA has already announced they will just use the army for it and in the UK based on the fact they aren't going to want 60 million people all turning up at their doctors I can see them doing similar using the nightingale hospitals, existing coronavirus test drive-throughs etc.
I just can't see it being done through the usual NHS channels for a jab!