How a lab in Sask. that focuses on animals became Canada's $23M hope for a COVID-19 vaccine

[abqtommy]

from the CBC website:

"In the global race to find a COVID-19 vaccine, the federal government announced Monday it is pumping $23 million into an academic research lab in Saskatchewan.

The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan started as a modest veterinary lab in 1975. But it has evolved into a world class facility that the Trudeau government is betting can develop a vaccine to stop the pandemic.

The Saskatoon lab already has a head start. It has been working on coronavirus vaccines, primarily for animals, for four decades, including successful vaccines for cattle and pigs."

more at link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-covid-19-vido-intervac-saskatchewan-vaccine-1.5508114

It's good to know that progress is being made in the search for COVID-19 solutions.

[Nay]

1. Go, Canada!!

[lark]

2. Yay, glad there's still a country that supports science and research.

Sad that we are no longer that country and our leaders promote self -serving, Americans killing BS, not science .

[MrsMatt]

3. There's been a vaccine for coronavirus in

cattle for years.