Of all the pieces I've written on coronavirus, this is perhaps the most surprising. Vaccine researchers are *still* wasting time writing grant applications rather than getting on with work. 1/x thetimes.co.uk/article/vaccin…
CEPI, who fund eight candidate vaccines, run out of money in a couple of weeks. 
It is entirely possible we will get a working vaccine, but because of a lack of funds to research scaling up production, we won't be able to make it.
Imperial's vaccine team have wasted TWO MONTHS trying to get enough funds.
The @wellcometrust director @JeremyFarrar thinks we need $8bn immediately. Science is our exit strategy, he says, but it needs money now.
