The US currently has the most coronavirus cases of any country, with more than 330,000 individuals diagnosed with the virus, according to the CDC . Those are just the known cases, but experts believe the number is much higher.

Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, recently stated that finding a vaccine is an “urgent public health priority.” 

Vaccines are extremely important, especially during a pandemic. They protect the vaccinated individual against the infection, and they reduce transmission, protecting those not vaccinated by reducing the number of people who can transmit disease

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