At last we can see some light shining ahead in what concern the corona crisis. Both Pfizer and Moderna announced they have a vaccin that is safe for around 90%. With a bit of luck, both will be ready to sell their vaccin at the end of this year/beginning of the new one.
And they are not the only players. Also the university of Oxford is practically ready with its vaccin, and others are also on their way. Here in Belgium we count on Janssens Pharmaceutica and on the test the university of Leuven is carrying out for a vaccin, developed from the one for yellow fever. That would be ready in 2021 and would give lifelong protection, just like the shot for yellow fever.
Our government thinks that by the end of next year, all Belgians will have their vaccination. They are working on a strategy to disperse the vaccins, once they have them. Question will be, who will get one first? Those who work in hospitals and clinics, of course, but then? It would be great if we could have a vaccination before summer, because that would allow us to travel once more.
Anyway, it's great that science has come so far. Normally it takes years to develop a vaccin. Now they succeeded in only 11 months! We can finally see the end of all this misery and have some positive thoughts!
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