We didn't get a vaccine for SARS-1 in time to be useful, and we dont have one for the 4 endemic coronaviruses, and it seems very likely that covid19 will become endemic/seasonal, so it is quite likely that all money spent on a vaccine will be mostly wasted.
So if you really have that money available, it may be better to spend it on
# improving treatment and prophylaxis
# protecting doctors, health staff and family members better (eg. negative pressure rooms)
# improving your health system or nutrition for all-causes mortality
# low dose effect Challenge Trials, as proposed by Prof Robin Hanson, especially for humanitarian/relief workers and young Navy teams
We didn't get a vaccine for SARS-1 in time to be useful, and we dont have one for the 4 endemic coronaviruses, and it seems very likely that covid19 will become endemic/seasonal, so it is quite likely that all money spent on a vaccine will be mostly wasted.
So if you really have that money available, it may be better to spend it on
# improving treatment and prophylaxis
# protecting doctors, health staff and family members better (eg. negative pressure rooms)
# improving your health system or nutrition for all-causes mortality
# low dose effect Challenge Trials, as proposed by Prof Robin Hanson, especially for humanitarian/relief workers and young Navy teams