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USA Today (February 1)

2021/ 02/ 01 by jd in Global News

The COVID-19 vaccine was created with “unheard-of-speed.” No vaccine had ever been created in under four years. “The real credit for the rapid turn-around belongs to a series of uncelebrated discoveries dating back at least 15 years—and a constellation of unsung scientists” who’d been working on vaccines for Zika, Nipah, SARs and other infectious diseases. “By virtue of incredible luck and incredible foresight,” these scientists were “prepared for one virus more than almost any other: a coronavirus.”