174: The pell-mell pursuit of the vaccine by the risk-takers among us; and farewell and well done to John Paulson. @Gzuckerman @WSJ

Published: July 11, 2020, 4:53 a.m.

Image: Cartoon of J. P. Morgan seizing control of banks.[n 7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907#cite_note-75) Frank Arthur Nankivell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frank_A._Nankivell) - Puck Magazine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(magazine)) , Cover Illustration, cropped from version available at Library of Congress [1] (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06303) A cartoon on the cover of en:Puck (magazine) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(magazine)) titled: "The Central Bank--Why should Uncle Sam establish one, when Uncle Pierpont (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.P._Morgan) is already on the job?" Public Domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Central_Bank_Morgan_cartoon-1.png) File:The Central Bank Morgan cartoon-1.png Created: 2 February 1910 The pell-mell pursuit of the vaccine by the risk-takers among us; and farewell and well done to John Paulson. @Gzuckerman @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-moderna-the-covid-vaccine-front-runner-with-no-track-record-and-an-unsparing-ceo-11593615205?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=3 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-stock-soars-rewarding-investors-big-bet-11594294901?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1 https://www.wsj.com/articles/hedge-fund-star-john-paulson-calls-it-quits-11593637778?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=2