I Hope The Pharmaceutical Companies Working On The Vaccine Learned From The Movie 'Contagion'.....
One thing I hoped they learned from the movie 'Contagion' is that the dosage form of the vaccine should be easy to administer.
In the movie - the dosage form of the vaccine was administered 'intra-nasally' - administered into the nose. It was not an injectable dosage form that would have required a syringe with needle.
An intra-nasal administration means that it could potentially be self-administered without the need for a trained medical professional.
Some of the issues that will have to be faced when a vaccine is developed will or could be: 1. it would need to be administered by a trained medical professional if it is an injectable dosage form; and 2. it would require the need for massive quantities of syringes and needles (which would probably face short supply because of the demand) unless they solve that problem by packaging it in a pre-filled syringe with needle instead of a vial; and 3. the need to develop a network of trained medical personnel to man vaccine administration centers to accommodate the people of the world to receive the vaccine.
We've already seen similar problems in the testing for Covid-19. Shortages of tests. Shortages of testing equipment. Shortages of swabs. Having to come in contact with potential positive Covid cases. Long lines wanting and waiting to be tested. Shortages of people to do the testing.
It is possible that we'll see similar problems if the vaccine is an injectable dosage form.
From what I've seen when they talk about vaccine development for Covid-19 is that it appears that they are developing an injectable dosage form.
If at all possible - in my opinion - they should be developing a dosage form that would be easy to administer.
The only issue that they may have to face is that it is possible that the vaccine might not be able to be available to the body (not be able to be activated) with an intra-nasal dosage form.
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