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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Is it just me or are we awash in COVID-19 vaccines these days?<\/p>\n

Johnson & Johnson has just received approval to distribute its one-shot vaccine. It vows to deliver tens of millions of doses in a major hurry. The J&J medicine now joins Pfizer and Moderna; AstraZeneca is likely to win approval in short order, too.<\/p>\n

A part of this ongoing drama needs some attention. It is the amazing development of the vaccines by these “big pharma” outfits.<\/p>\n

Think of it. The world became affected a bit more than a year ago by the coronavirus. There might have some research being done at that time, but then Donald John Trump declared — finally!<\/em> — a national emergency. He sought to get the drug companies fired up to produce the vaccine. Then he bungled the start-up, along with damn near everything else regarding our national response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Still, the pharmaceutical firms kept at it. There have been some arguments over whether the federal government funding of the research had a tangible impact on the companies’ ability to deliver the vaccines.<\/p>\n

They did. Pfizer came out first. Moderna followed shortly after. Now we have J&J.<\/p>\n

J&J\u2019s 1-dose shot cleared, giving US 3rd COVID-19 vaccine (msn.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

As a point of personal privilege, my wife and I have been vaccinated fully with the Pfizer drug; one of our sons has received his vaccine from Moderna. We are praying that our entire family — extended and immediate — gets inoculated against this disease.<\/p>\n

I want to salute the researchers at these big pharma companies for delivering the vaccines that now are beginning to reel in the impact of the virus.<\/p>\n

Why, I’ll even offer a good word for Donald Trump, who promised a quick delivery of the vaccine. It happened pretty much as the ex-president said it would.<\/p>\n\n

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