Wuhan Coronavirus Vaccine?
Of course, all over the news right now is stories of the coronavirus, a disease which has never been seen before, so therefore never before have we ever found a treatment. These days, the scientists and doctors we have today are a lot more advanced so they say that they are rather certain that they will be able to create a vaccine for this disease. Dr Paul Stoffels from the company Johnson and Johnson, said that the company had created a vaccine for the Ebola disease in simply six months, however since this disease has never been seen before, they think that in order to create this vaccine they will have to start from scratch in order to make it, just like the Zika virus. So in other words, it is uncertain how long such a process will take. As the number of cases of the coronavirus grows, the more desperate the people and the more scientists craze over this vaccine, hoping that the coronavirus wont spread as fast so that they can get the vaccine on time. What may become difficult though is that they will have to get samples of this virus from China, leaving risk of spread but it is incredibly important however to get the vaccine no matter what. I think that this vaccine is incredibly important especially since we have no idea how much worse this disease could get and how much it could spread. We should definitely try to nip this disease in the bud before it can create a much bigger problem than presently.
Of course, none of this could be done without financial support. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations says that between three companies, they have invested $12.5 million in order to hunt for vaccines for this rampaging disease. Representatives from the companies Moderna and Iniovo which are based in the States, say that it is possible that they could have a vaccine ready to begin animal testing by February 27th which is amazing since this disease has pretty much just been discovered. The University of Queensland in Australia say that it could potentially be ready in about 6 weeks. All this work and determination is not only great because we may be able to stop this disease from spreading more, but finally there is actually a goa that is important enough to bring most of the world together to achieve it – creating the vaccine. I hope by reading this you feel more in knowledge about this disease and trust that the scientists are trying the best that they can to solve this issue. Right now is living history, so we need the determination to potentially save future generations from this disease so they dont have to go through what we are now.
– Felicity Bennett (Popham 7)