CV and mad panic behaviour

[LP]

Yeah nah not the point.

The point is that you can interchange the opinions from each one so therefore to assert yours is better than mine is what I'd call a logical fallousy.

My expert said middle of last year that no vaccine has been found for the sars family of viruses despite 12 years and a concerted effort to find one, and then wooshka.  7 months into a pandemic we have not 1, but 5 or even more options available.

Firstly, there is a difference between an expert offering an opinion in  his area of expertise, versus commenting about some general issue like your associate.

Secondly, they are factually wrong about the vaccine history exposing a lack of knowledge. SARS-CoV(2003-2005) and MERS(2012) vaccines were in development, but back in 2015 the bureaucracy canned the spending to proceed to stage 2 and 3 trials when the spread of MERS diminished.

Of course being wrong about historical facts doesn't mean your associate was wrong about the chance of finding a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

The team developing it in Texas had been working on it since 2005, that is history not speculation or opinion.

Cross check facts, judge your associates opinion accordingly.