24 July

It’s a bit surprising that we so often hear that the only way this pandemic will end is with a vaccine. There’s not a single example in history of a pandemic ending with a vaccine. Not one. Vaccines are fantastic, don’t get me wrong, but I’d be surprised if a vaccine will end this pandemic. Most likely it will just stop, like its cousin SARS, and nobody will know why. It’s important because not understanding why they stop is linked to not understanding why they start too, I’m sure, so it means we’re wide open for the next one.