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Originally Posted by AndyC
That would be great but it would be the first coronavirus vaccine ever. The last time there was a big push for a vaccine was during the AIDS crisis. Still waiting. The good news is that the smartest scientists in the world are all trying to make this happen sooner than later.
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That isn't actually true -- check out this article (can't believe it hasn't received more press)….
"Scientists around the world are competing to develop a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, and in this race,
a laboratory at Oxford University has a big head start.
...scientists at Oxford’s Jenner Institute had already proved in previous trials that similar inoculations —
including one last year against another coronavirus — were harmless to humans.
That has enabled them to leap ahead to the next step and schedule tests involving more than 6,000 people by the end of next month.
the first few million doses of their vaccine could be available by September."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/w...#link-2efc59ae
