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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by amb23 on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:41AM (#25035254)
One of the lead doctors in the UK is saying life will start to look normal in Spring 2021 (albeit, I assume he was referring to the UK alone). There's good reason for cautious optimism & patience.

Science has done its job; now we need to push for coordination between infrastructure, government, and business to finish it.

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by deeeeplearning on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:22AM (#25036354)
>One of the lead doctors in the UK is saying life will start to look normal in Spring 2021 (albeit, I assume he was referring to the UK alone). There's good reason for cautious optimism & patience.

I'm sure they have no incentives to say that right. The reality is that the UK and many others are in the middle of a massive surge of cases. The idea that life will be "normal" a few months from now in Spring seems farcical.

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by adrianN on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:44PM (#25042867)
I guess it depends on what they mean by "start". Lead doctors in Germany say that it'll probably take until 2022 to vaccinate most people.
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