I wrote about Project Next-Gen—thankfully the United States has gotten serious about new Covid vaccines and treatments.
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/project-next-gen-the-united-states
Project Next Gen: The United States Gets Serious for New Covid Vaccines

New funding and priority: Nasal vaccines, pan-coronavirus vaccines, monoclonal antibodies

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@erictopol Oh wow, enormous wave of relief at this news.

@kissane @erictopol me too! it really seemed as though they were gonna just put their fingers in their ears and call it done.

i'm still holding out hope for a sterilizing nasal vaccine, that's the holy grail as far as i'm concerned, but was starting to think it was a pure pipe dream without any push for funding and development

@whetstone @erictopol I know a lot of people think it won't work, but it's my best hope, too.
@erictopol can’t wait for project DS9
@erictopol the covid emergency is over, we must develop next generation covid vaccines ASAP 
@erictopol good news. Why we have to rely on America to do everything I don't know. What innovations come out of other countries? Still I think it will just come down to money. They have more to commit.