Scientists from Australia to France, along with a list of biotech and vaccine companies, jumped in the race, pursuing different types of inoculations. Yet many experts agree it still may take a year — if every step along the way goes well — for any vaccine to be ready for widespread use. “Ours is already manufactured and could take off pretty quickly,” said Hotez, who created the earlier SARS vaccine with Texas Children’s colleague Maria Elena Bottazzi. Without that step, “we’re going to be at risk for new pandemics.”A FASTER VACCINE RECIPETraditionally, making vaccines required first growing lots of virus in a lab. What about Hotez’s old SARS vaccine?

Source: ABC News February 06, 2020 17:41 UTC