The end REALLY is in sight ???

I typed that before everyone got all jolly - so only a belated party pooper!

Well said Avalon! Let’s celebrate all scientists! (How can it be otherwise?!) ??‍???‍?

Shall I start a thread? Celebrating all the scientists? I'm in the mood!

Go for it Alegrias, let's ponder these amazing humans and what they've been able to achieve.

Alegrias to my shame I have never heard of Jocelyn Bell Burnell. I have now. Thanks for sharing. What a fascinating woman who failed her 11 Plus. I shall be reading more. She spoke of “the pitfalls of truth” which seems very relevant on GN!! Sarah Gilbert goes without saying which is not to forget all the nameless scientists who have contributed. We should be proud of the human race. Come on everybody put differences aside and rejoice with Alegrias1 and me.

Great news GagaJo! I keep saying there will be something better round the corner!!

It's great news but I don't really care where it comes from. Flag-waving in these circumstances feels distasteful to me. I just want the pandemic under control whether the answer comes from Nottingham, Novosibirsk or Nairobi. Or preferably from a collaboration between all three.

Sorry to put a dampener on things, but I won't believe this media hype until it becomes fact! ?. Sure, I agree it would be wonderful, but as they haven't found a cure for the common cold, which is a viral illness, up to now, then I am mightily sceptical of their claims!

You do know we've currently got an effective, working vaccine? In fact several? And that this would be a development on top of that?

Be as sceptical as you like. Will you still be sceptical when they are injecting it into your arm?

There are always doubting Thomase’s or Thomasess’s. Let’s not let them spoil the Good News as good news it surely is.

I only half heard it but one scientist was saying that there will be many knock on effects from the ongoing research into a cure for covid, just as things like the space race and (sadly) world wars pushed through advances in science and technology.

Still looking forward to getting the vaccine seems vaccination rates seemed to have slowed a bit presume this is down to supply. Hopefully they will ramp up again soon. It's great that so many have been vaccinated but it will be good when those that are out and about working get theirs too