Nobelist: Keep Faith, Because Covid Vaccine is Just Round Corner

“We just have to hang on – a vaccine is just around the corner,” insisted virologist Michael Houghton.

Professor Houghton said he understood the growing frustration with coronavirus restrictions, “especially for those with small businesses”, but called on people to “be a bit more patient and wait for the vaccine”. “There is a good chance that at least one of the vaccine candidates will be effective.”

“We’ve come this way for eight to nine months, so if we can stick in for another few months…Then we can get people who are at risk vaccinated and we can start to open up,” said Professor Houghton.

His belief in an imminent vaccine is not based simply on faith in his scientific peers; Professor Houghton has been involved in the world of vaccines for almost a decade, first with work related to a potential vaccine for hepatitis C, one of which has entered human trials, and more recently with a Covid vaccine being developed by colleagues at Alberta.

Source: Times Higher Education