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How COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time, without compromising safety – ABC News
The speedy development of multiple coronavirus vaccines is a spectacular achievement. Here’s how it happened.
When Ebola exploded across West Africa in 2014, it took more than five years to get a vaccine approved by drug regulators.
Fast forward to 2020, and researchers were able to develop multiple protective coronavirus vaccines and get them authorised within 12 months of the virus being discovered.
It’s a spectacular and unparalleled scientific achievement and promises to help bring the pandemic under control.
But it’s left some people wondering: if vaccines normally take years to develop, just how did…
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