International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea.
J Exp Med. 2020 Nov 2;217(11). doi: 10.1084/jem.20201288.
Over the past 9 mo, with 34 million infections and 1 million deaths, the COVID-19 pandemic has levied a grisly toll. Some countries, through political will and social organization, have successfully reduced the number of infections and deaths, but the global scale of loss reflects the difficulty of translating these approaches in other countries. An effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine presents a technological solution to the failure of social and political ones. Vaccines are, however, not a silver bullet, but a safe, cost-effective, and globally applicable tool that will require a substantial effort-cooperation, commitment, time, and funding-to be effective.
在过去的 9 个月里，COVID-19 大流行已造成 3400 万人感染和 100 万人死亡，造成了可怕的损失。一些国家通过政治意愿和社会组织成功地降低了感染和死亡人数，但全球范围内的损失反映了将这些方法转化为其他国家的方法的困难。有效的 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗为社会和政治失败提供了技术解决方案。然而，疫苗不是万能的，而是一种安全、具有成本效益且全球适用的工具，需要付出巨大的努力——合作、承诺、时间和资金——才能发挥作用。
