14 July 2020 - Leaving in its wake more than 12 million infections, over 550,000 deaths, and an economic toll in the trillions of dollars to date, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has devastated the most vulnerable in our society — adults 65 years of age or older, persons with underlying conditions, and the economically deprived.
A vaccine is urgently needed to prevent COVID-19 and thereby stem complications and deaths resulting from transmission of the disease.