Where did I intimate I was praying for a miracle or that "I believe that kind of thing?" No need to be insolent with every response, friend. And you really have no idea when or if there will be a vaccine. All you have is an opinion like everyone else.
Hopefully, they'll come up with a good treatment, as there's also no proof yet that those who have caught it are immune from catching it again.
I don’t know where you get the “insolent” perception.
That wasn’t my state of mind when I was writing that, nor was it my intent.
As far as vaccines? I have a little bit of knowledge in what it takes to get a vaccine to market. From having an actual viable candidate, to mass production, would be sometime mid to late 2021, that is an absolutely breakneck pace with a ton of lucky breaks, and to my knowledge has never been done in such a short time frame.
My opinion is based on actual facts, and knowledge of the regulatory, scientific, and approval process.
For a fairly comprehensive review of where we stand, current candidates, and the likelihood of an actual vaccine being available in the near future, read the following:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-020-00073-5
Best case scenario: early 2021 for emergency use (no mass production) and then hopefully widely available possibly as early as summer 2021 to the end of the year.
Keep in mind that would almost be miraculous result. With no snags along the way.
We have to be realistic here. As far as the football season is concerned, the vaccine is not going to be a factor. And that was my point.
So, yes, we need a miracle.
