We do hear time and again on the vaccines and cures and what have you.

The thing to bear in mind is that any adoption of such is 12 to 18 months away.

Via AP, citing an unnamed US govt souce

  • clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin on Monday
  • The first participant in the trial, which is being funded by the National Institutes of Health and taking place at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, will receive the experimental vaccine on Monday

AP duly add:

  • It would take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine