Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Australia avoids 'risky business' of coronavirus vaccine sweepstakes
27 May 2020 - Australia is avoiding huge financial risks by staying out of the global sweepstakes on coronavirus vaccines.
Public health expert Professor Terry Nolan said that while some other countries were spending billions to lock in supply of unproven vaccines, Australia had yet to take the gamble.
The head of the Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity said some of the deals being signed internationally, including by the United States and Britain, were fraught with risk.
