In a sort of related event, the US FDA approved an Alzheimer's drug that is just, shit. It can cause all sorts of problems, and it has not been shown to be effective. And, it's going to cost the taxpayers billions of dollars.

This is symptomatic of a very broken system. People can't even get basic health care in the US. Everyday health problems are making people homeless, literally, and yet the govt OK's these high cost, useless drugs that will cost taxpayers -- money that could have been spent on basic health care.

Yeah, i noticed that one too. That smacks of corruption.

I also wonder how many effective therapeutic drugs have been left in the lab test tubes due to all the noise around finding a vaccine.

The biggest lesson we can learn from history is - we don't learn lessons from history. The experts simply reposition, cover their arses, make some lame excuses, then carry on.