Pearl Kendrick Grace Eldering Usa state Michigan people liking Coronavirus telegraph vaccine Pearl Kendrick Grace Eldering Usa state Michigan

A vaccine for coronavirus isn't going to ride rapidly to our rescue

Reading now: 522
www.rationaloptimist.com

My article for the Telegraph: In 1934, in their spare time, two American biologists, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering, developed a vaccine for whooping cough, then the biggest killer of children in the United States.

Within four years their vaccine was being used throughout Michigan and within six it was being used nationwide. Whooping cough rapidly retreated.

Since then there have been spectacular advances in biology, including the identification of the genetic material, the ability to read its code, an understanding of the structure of viruses and the proteins from which they are made, plus knowledge of how immunity works.

Read more on rationaloptimist.com
The website mental.guide is an aggregator of articles from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the article if you find it unreliable.

Related articles

DMCA