Derek Lowe just published a blog that addressed this (and other) questions: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/11/18/vaccine-possibilities http

Derek Lowe just published a blog that addressed this (and other) questions: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/11/18/vaccine-possibilities https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/11/18/va... To quote his summary: > Bottom line: the coronavirus can’t undergo the wholesale changes that we see with the influenza viruses. And the mutations we’re seeing so far appear to still be under the umbrella of the antibody protection we’ll be raising with vaccination, which argues that it’s difficult to escape it.