Opinion

Hoping for a vaccine this year, or even next? Don't count on it

By Clive Williams
Updated July 2 2021 - 4:01am, first published August 5 2020 - 4:30am
There's no indication even an approved vaccine is likely to work beyond three months. Picture: Shutterstock
There's no indication even an approved vaccine is likely to work beyond three months. Picture: Shutterstock

Politicians and a lot of Australians think it's only a matter of time before we have an effective vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 (the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19) and then life will return to "normal". That seems very unlikely to be the case.

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