[GavinB]

There was discussion of it early on, but there's no evidence that it was done on any significant scale outside of the efforts of individual pharma companies working on their own supply chains.

It's possible that I'm wrong! Maybe we invested everything possible and couldn't have done significantly more. But it's striking that this article doesn't even address that question.

Basically, I haven't seen any evidence that this take is wrong: https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2021/01/28/covid-bill-gates-and...

[_carbyau_]

I am not entirely sure I agree with the thinking though.

While initial production ramp up would get the richer countries vaccinated quickly it seems like Gates has a more holistic picture and wants to see the whole world vaccinated faster.

I agree with this thinking. It won't matter if rich countries are vaccinated if other countries are coming up with new variations all the time. We want to eradicate this by having everyone in the world on the same page, not have it hanging around like the flu.

[natechols]

Oh thanks I was looking for followup on the Gates thing, that blog post is superb. And depressing.