The chances of securing an effective vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus this year are "incredibly small," the UK's top medical adviser has warned.
"In the long run, the exit from this is going to be one of two things, ideally," Whitty said at the UK government's daily coronavirus press briefing. He added: "Until we have those, and the probability of having those any time in the next calendar year is incredibly small, we should be realistic that we're going to have to rely on other social measures, which of course are very socially disruptive as everyone is finding at the moment."Whitty said the government's focus should be on ensuring the so-called "R number" — the average number of people one infected person transmits the virus to — remains below one.
"What we are trying to work out is what are the things that add up to an R of less than one," Whitty said.
Maybe starting with a reliable test would be a good start
Don't waste time, ask China Xi already has
Flu vaccines are always a year behind too. I think instead of dumping so much money into the military, we should invest more in vaccine research and production
Can we go to the circus papa. No need kids, the circus is on TV! Look at all those backflips!