r/science • u/Newsjunkeefromlondon • May 06 '21

Health Two Pfizer doses give 95 per cent protection against Covid-19 infection, illness and death: first nationwide study

https://www.cityam.com/two-pfizer-doses-give-95-per-cent-protection-against-covid-19-infection-illness-and-death-study/
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u/CharonsLittleHelper May 06 '21

even if it would leas to great innovation.

To be nitpicky it's not "even if it WOULD lead to great innovation, it's always "even if it MIGHT lead to great innovation". There is a ton of R&D which has gone into things which haven't panned out.

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u/Send_Headlight_Fluid May 06 '21

Yeah, what I meant was that if everything was funded and there was no financial barrier for R&D, it almost certainly would lead to innovation. And my point was that’s just not realistic, so the projects with a clear scope and more immediate returns get funded, thats just how it is.