Originally Posted by
Slezy9
There has never been a Corona virus vaccine (SARS is a corona virus) and there is no vaccine for SARS. I think it’s folly to pin hopes on a vaccine. Unfortunately I don’t see much international flying to and from NZ any time soon.
True, there is no vaccine for SARS, but they also stopped developing it (at least vastly cut funding) when it mutated and subsequently disappeared. The World got incredibly lucy SARS but didn't really learn much.
With COVID-19, the amount of money being pumped into finding a vaccine is substantial, with a few looking promising. However, even if they did create a vaccine tomorrow, it would take a solid 12 months to have any appreciable effect due to production and distribution.