I would say that the speed of COVID vaccine development was more due to the fact that the virus was quickly genetically sequenced and that information was shared by China right away. That plus the fact that RNA vaccine developers had been working on the lipid envelope, (that would package the vaccine and was the biggest technological challenge, for years prior to COVID. The original SARS virus and how it spread was a model for the public health response (sometimes leading to initial misconceptions about the efficacy of face masks, etc..) but I question how much it aided with vaccine development.
Not really surprising that two related viruses (SARS and COVID) crossed over from related wild animal sources in the same country with lax wild animal meat markets.
As it is also the state in the Vatican Museum where some idiot decided to attach plaster fig leafs to all the classical sculptures in their collection. They look ridiculous but removing them would probably only further damage the art. Thank the gods that they never got their hands on Michelangelo’s David! Although they did insist on later clothing all the Christian’s in his Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel.
I would say that the speed of COVID vaccine development was more due to the fact that the virus was quickly genetically sequenced and that information was shared by China right away. That plus the fact that RNA vaccine developers had been working on the lipid envelope, (that would package the vaccine and was the biggest technological challenge, for years prior to COVID. The original SARS virus and how it spread was a model for the public health response (sometimes leading to initial misconceptions about the efficacy of face masks, etc..) but I question how much it aided with vaccine development.