To the Editor:Stephen Buranyi injects a jab of sanity into the epidemic of gratitude toward Big Pharma for the “miracle” of creating Covid-19 vaccines. Public investments made their discovery possible, and public pressure is needed to gain public control over production and to provide global access. The Salk and Sabin vaccines were monumental advances that took many years to emerge from the time the epidemic was identified. Its worldwide clinical development was undertaken by an American company, and it is manufactured in both Belgium and the United States. That we have this vaccine is both a scientific tour de force and an unprecedented example of international collaboration.

Source: International New York Times January 07, 2021 19:30 UTC