How we lost our vaccine manufacturing industry and why we should get it back; a personal perspective

Professor Gordon Dougan FRS The United Kingdom lost most of its vaccine manufacturing capacity in the 1980s. I was there and saw it happen. COVID-19 has shown how vital vaccine knowhow and production capacity is for any country and region. Here is my personal perspective on what is needed to build towards a more equitable … Continue reading How we lost our vaccine manufacturing industry and why we should get it back; a personal perspective

Cómo crear una vacuna contra el COVID-19 desde cero

Gordon Dougan, Josefina Campos, Mariano Said, Silvia Pinero, Silvia Argimón y Kat Holt Desarrollar una vacuna contra el COVID-19 va a ser una tarea inmensa. Hemos esbozado aquí, con cierto detalle, los pasos que normalmente se requieren para crear una vacuna, y los comparamos con lo que puede suceder en el caso del COVID-19. Será … Continue reading Cómo crear una vacuna contra el COVID-19 desde cero

How we lost our collective memory of epidemics

Over the past 70 years we, living in the richer nations, have gradually lost our sense of danger concerning epidemics and serious infections. This is a consequence of better vaccines, improved health infrastructure and other medicines such as antibiotics that essentially drove serious community infections out of vision. This was not true everywhere in the … Continue reading How we lost our collective memory of epidemics