The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic could have been prevented - Vincent Racaniello
https://www.virology.ws/2020/04/30/the-sars-cov-2-pandemic-could-have-been-prevented
It’s easy to blame bats for unwittingly giving humanity SARS-CoV-2. But I also blame both big Pharma and the US government for failing to come up with a pan-CoV antiviral or vaccine. Big Pharma because they are blind to anything that doesn’t enhance their bottom line. And the US government for severely under-funding the NIH so that essential research could not even be done in academic laboratories. It is very difficult to get money from Congress for research on a virus that is not a big human problem. That situation needs to end.