> And a vaccine could be perpetually "one year in the future" - for many coronaviruses we still don't have one after decades, so all those announcements that we

> And a vaccine could be perpetually "one year in the future" - for many coronaviruses we still don't have one after decades, so all those announcements that we're "18 months from one" are mostly media BS and labs competing for funding. I’d be careful with comparison to other coronaviruses. No one is investing heavily into a vaccine against the common cold. Not many people would get vaccinated - seeing how hard it is to convince people to get a flu shot. There’s much more interest in a COVID-19 vaccine. That doesn’t mean we’ll get one, but drawing the conclusion from “we don’t have one against the common cold, so we won’t get one against COVID-19” is stretching thing.