I don't believe that vaccines are our only hope. If they can come up with a pill that works against the virus, the vaccines would become obsolete. Think about it, you have to get vaccinated every 3-5 months. If there was an effective medicine, you could take that right after you felt the sickness and get healthy again.
I don't understand why people act like vaccines are the only way. There are pills for other viruses. You can even suppress HIV by taking pills. I think big pharma want to milk the herds with vaccines instead.
The world is corrupt so I agree with your opinion.
There must be a pill that we can take just like when we are having a fever and we get the relief, you know, this involves a lot of money and the pandemic is a good situation for this greedy pharma to make money, we are not anymore living in a safe world, that's because of the greediness of people.
For sure, a pill will be release in the future or there would be another virus that will spread, and they'll continue to make money.