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COVID-19 Vaccine

Almost every major hospital, government agency, pharmaceutical company, and country seem to be working independently to study COVID-19, find better treatments, and develop a vaccine. There is no centralized repository for data and I'm sure that multiple research projects are duplicating efforts. It's called teamwork and it works. The United States was in the unique position of garnering world-wide support to create an organized system to address research and collaboration; however, we no longer have the credibility, leadership, or political will to make this happen. Shame. Here is a related prediction. Some company will announce they have a vaccine. Of course, they will have not have tested the long-term effect of this vaccine since they haven't had to the time to do so. As soon as that happens, dozens of other companies or countries will say "No, we have something better and it will be ready in a month. And ours in better and safer." These researchers will have