>>11902494i have no idea about comptency with large scale production but whatever they did during their study was definitely optimistic. At the very least, moderna wouldn't be the only one in the race, and the fact that they're already starting phase 3 should mean that competitors shouldn't be too far behind either.
we just skipped years of drug development, getting a vaccine approved before the end of year is actually fucking plausible. We can just decide later on if the vaccine needs a booster dose for longer protection.
tl;dr I am glad i used up the last of my spare cash to buy stocks (tech and commercial real estate). Stocks about to go up a lot just on hopium alone.