Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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Trumpstyle said:

curl-6 said:

Excellent news all around.

We could possibly see the vaccine become available before the year is out, which would be a record turnaround for vaccine development, though that's understandable as there has never in the history of vaccines been such an enormous and urgent need to provide one as soon as possible.

It'll naturally roll out first to front line health workers and other at-risk groups most at risk, but as more becomes available, the general public should be able to get their shot not long afterwards.

We don't need a vaccine.

Yes we do, unless you want millions of people dying unnecessarily.

Vaccination is the only long term way to prevent COVID-19 continuing to circulate and kill. Even once the pandemic is eventually over, without vaccination it will never entirely go away and will simply become an endemic disease spreading at a low level permanently. 

Thankfully, we are getting a vaccine, regardless of whether you think we need one.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 15 June 2020