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Fast-tracking a vaccine has even some in the medical world spooked

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While the extreme anti-vaxxers should be brooked no quarter, the race for a Covid-19 vaccine could do with a few speed bumps in the name of trust

Finding a vaccine against Covid-19 that works and can be distributed widely enough to help stop the pandemic is a global priority. Given the urgency, governments are doing all they can to fund research and incentivise firms to ramp up trials — pre-ordering doses, lowering regulatory barriers to market and granting manufacturers immunity from costly future injury-related lawsuits.Even in a pandemic as deadly as this one, public trust in a vaccine is vulnerable.

In the US, Donald Trump wants a vaccine rolled out before election day in November, sparking worries that an eventual green light will be seen as a political decision rather than one based on comprehensive data. This has led to public anger in the past. During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, many European governments took on liability risk in exchange for fast-tracked vaccines, some of which ended up being recalled over links to narcolepsy. A withering Council of Europe report at the time warned that such deals privatised vaccine profits and socialised the risk of injuries, calling for more balance in future.

 

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