COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

Very interesting vaccine info and graphics here. And some sobering info about vaccine optimism.

A vaccine would be the ultimate weapon against the coronavirus and the best route back to normal life. Officials like Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert on the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, estimate a vaccine could arrive in at least 12 to 18 months.

The grim truth behind this rosy forecast is that a vaccine probably won’t arrive any time soon. Clinical trials almost never succeed. We’ve never released a coronavirus vaccine for humans before. Our record for developing an entirely new vaccine is at least four years — more time than the public or the economy can tolerate social-distancing orders.
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Even with emergency measures worldwide, it will likely take many years to get a viable vaccine produced and distributed for meaningful use around the world. The better tools against this virus will likely be found through treatments, immunities, and hopeful continued mutation to the benign.


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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-covid-vaccine.html