RESEARCH
THE RACE FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE
RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE WORLD ARE RACING TO FIND A CURE
By
SOPHIA CAO SHEHZAIB RAEES
Never had asthma. Never drank alcohol. Never smoked. It didn’t matter. Sammy Schwartz, an ordinary woman living in Brooklyn, became affected by the pandemic that has been affecting everyone worldwide since the beginning of January: the 2019 Coronavirus Disease. Known also as COVID19, over 4.44 million confirmed cases have been announced and
over 302,000 deaths have occurred as of March 14th, 2020. As an overwhelming number of individuals are becoming affected each day, front-line workers and government officials are rushing to save thousands of lives but due to the increasing demand for medical supplies, coronavirus masks, and other necessities, the United States economy is breaking
down. According to a former top US health official Rick Bright, “If we fail to improve our response now, based on science, I fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged.” To prevent this from occurring, research companies across the United States as well as the world are racing to find a COVID-19 vaccine.
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