The COVID-19 pandemic is one of those global developments that, based on the current circumstances, we are likely to be grappling with for years to come.There was an expectation and hope, that by the end of 2020, this disease would have run its course. Vaccines were developed in record time, in response to the threat not only to human life, but to livelihoods, as the world spiralled into a major slump as demand for goods and services plummeted.The threat of a global economic implosion was real. And with a presidential election looming, former president Donald Trump threw billions of dollars at the big multinational pharmaceutical companies, to shore up and incentivise their research and development processes.Britain, France, and Germany in Europe, as well as the Russians and Chinese, also had their very best scientists working overtime to ensure a response was created to stave off the pandemic.We are now about to enter the second half of 2021. And the coronavirus still continues to dominate and overshadow our lives. We have the benefit of several different forms of vaccines, each with a different level of effectiveness.
