Effective Altruism focused on bednets while a malaria vaccine was stuck for 35 years. The case for Abundance. — EA Forum

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Berke 2mo 26 5 0 1 Thanks for writing this, strong agree! Quick point (apologies if you did flag these and I missed it): there was/is actually some EA work on vaccine acceleration. Coefficient/Open Phil helped fund the R21 Phase 3 trials and is now backing next-generation malaria candidates at Oxford . 1Day Sooner /1 Day Africa also does great work on vaccine acceleration/regulatory reform. Rethink Priorities also does some relevant work . Still, the broader point holds! Abundance-oriented thinking on public and global health is quite undersupplied in general (and also within EA), and I wish m

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