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Funding for immediate, large-scale manufacture of mRNA vaccines such as those made by Pfizer and Moderna should be a priority in the budget, according to experts who have closely followed the course of COVID-19 in Australia.
To achieve optimum pandemic control, they would also welcome policy support to decouple science and public health from politics, implement proportionate risk management and fund quarantine facilities built to a high national standard that can be scaled up and are near medical facilities.
RNA technology is so promising, it warrants commitment for large-scale production capability, Professor John Shine says.Â
âFunding for a strategy to develop additional vaccine manufacturing platforms within the next 12 months is probably the single most important short-term initiative the government should put in place,â President of the Australian Academy of Science John Shine said.
The time capsule was constructed from spare copper plates. Image: Australian Academy of Science.
A time capsule containing Fellows’ messages to the future has been placed under the copper roof of the Shine Dome
The capsule contains a letter from the President of the Academy, Professor John Shine, reflections of Fellows and staff of the Academy, newspaper front pages documenting the tumultuous events of 2020 and other historical documents, including the complete genome of SARS-CoV-2.
The Shine Dome was heavily damaged in January 2020 in a massive hailstorm. Restoration began in November 2020, with a new copper layer being laid over a timber frame, with waterproofing materials between. The original copper remains beneath these layers.
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February 23, 2021
Leading scientists say Australia must be able to make mRNA vaccines onshore to avoid shortages. Image by Thirdman on Pexels.
Australia’s leading scientists have urged the Australian Government to develop additional vaccine manufacturing capability within the next 12 months. They say without the ability to produce mRNA vaccines onshore, Australia and the region remain vulnerable to supply limitations.
The recommendation is contained in the Australian Academy of Science’s 2021-22 pre-Federal budget submission published today.
The submission reads: “Despite our one-hundred-year-old investment in CSL, there are developing gaps in our ability to produce vaccines onshore. Without the ability to produce new vaccines onshore, Australia and the region remain vulnerable to supply shocks.