Episode 2 – Are vaccines the silver bullet?

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Aug 9, 202143:14Science & Medicine

The speed of vaccine development for COVID-19 has amazed the most seasoned of scientists. So, how did we get here so fast? And will the vaccines continue to stop death and disease, days off work and ongoing economic disr...

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