Most think it is worthwhile trying to create a vaccine rather than just giving up and not even trying.
Nobody who knows anything about Coronavirus vaccines thinks it will be easy, but just because something is hard should not be a reason for not trying, especially when the reward for success is huge. All I can say is I am glad Salk and all the other Polio vaccine researchers didn’t just give up without trying because it was difficult.
I think the grandparent post is wondering why everyone is so confident we'll _succeed_.
There are people who think we should lock down everything for 12 months because a vaccine will be done by then. Really. There are. That point of view just completely boggles my mind.
Nobody who knows anything about Coronavirus vaccines thinks it will be easy, but just because something is hard should not be a reason for not trying, especially when the reward for success is huge. All I can say is I am glad Salk and all the other Polio vaccine researchers didn’t just give up without trying because it was difficult.