My best friend's brother is a recently retired medical researcher; he has a PhD in genetics and used to work for Bristol Myers Squibb and more recently a couple of small specialty outfits.
He said that the news of the possible short duration of the antibodies was making the rounds in research circles for a while.
He thinks a vaccine might be available sometime later next year. He said that the usual obstacles that make the timeline stretch to five to ten years have largely been eliminated. Things like the business side saying there isn't enough of a market to justify spending money on developing a particular product. That plus the fact that they plan to manufacture the most promising COVID vaccines before they're approved so they're ready if/when they get approval. Compresses the timeline a good bit.
He is very hopeful about the Oxford/AstraZeneca initiative.
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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
