Health
A coronavirus vaccine is what our hopes are pinned to, but what’s the plan if we don’t get one? – ABC News
The head of the World Health Organisation has warned we may never get a silver bullet for COVID-19. Health experts say this was the wake-up call we needed because we can’t put all our eggs in one basket. So what are the other baskets?
This week’s comments from the World Health Organisation that we may never have a “silver bullet” for coronavirus were difficult to hear.
But many experts say we needed this wake-up call, so we could start imagining our future without a vaccine.
“It needed to happen. That bubble needed to be burst to say ‘hey we’re not going to see any changes over the next couple of years so strap in’,” says Bruce Thompson, dean of health sciences at Swinburne University.
Even if we had a vaccine today, Prof…
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