According to the Media, scientists will be working on getting One vaccine covering all the corona viruses (flu, sars, mers, covid-19 ). Sounds good!
Perhaps, they'll also try to reach the goal of One dose instead of two; One bottle for one dose (not 6 doses out of one little bottle); Vaccination - Once in five years , not once a year or twice a year (the present vaccine for covid-19, is valid for half a year only, and then what? There's talk about a third dose in summer...)
Now the storage issue, Pfeizer has just announced -15 degreeC freezing temperature will be enough, no need for -70 degree. Wow! What happened, that's a huge gap! Difficulty with logistics, I presume, fear of losing customers to Moderna, Astra Zeneca, and others...
"Something is rotten in the land of Science" ( to paraphrase Hamlet's saying on Denmark).
Scientists are only secondary players; they are in the hands of those who fund the research - usually the pharmacy companies - and play by their rules. In fact, they are called 'pharmaceutical scientists'. They spend most of the time in a laboratory, performing tasks related to the research, development, and testing of pharmaceutical drugs.
The pharma companies are good at manipulating and making us dependent on them. The flu vaccine, for example, does not prevent one from getting the flu; it just makes the flu milder, if, and when one gets it. That's what they promise. So, we live on promises, and we obediently go for the yearly jab.
Worth mentioning - the mask that we are supposed to wear now for covid-19 is quite effective against the flu virus; almost no cases of flu this year! Unbelievable! I probably won't give up the mask ( at least during winter) even if we'll be allowed to do so.
As for covid-19, they tell us the same story : the vaccine causes the illness to be lighter, and easier to handle. However, this time - urgency times - in order to encourage people to come and get the vaccine (vaccination open here to all ages), they've added something of which they are not entirely sure about, namely, that it also prevents spreading of the virus , helps achieving herd immunity, and puts an end to the pandemic.
We're having general elections next month, and , sadly, corona's part of the campaign of all politicians. It looks rather ugly with lots of fake news and disinformation. Doctors and top Health Ministry officials, are also IN; after they get the budgets they want for their hospitals, they'll say whatever one wishes them to say.
Restrictions are being lifted , and there's worry about the outcome. A rise in the number of corona cases is expected by the end of the month. May God help us!