Why Vaccines Take So Long | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover @discovermagazine

Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

If scientists develop a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine within a year and a half, it will be a world record.

The vaccine speed title is currently held by Maurice Hilleman, who turned his daughter’s throat swab into a licensed mumps prophylaxis within four years.

Other vaccines haven’t been so speedy.

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