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What if the vaccine or drugs don't save us? Plan B for coronavirus means research on alternatives is urgently needed

  • Written by Tammy Hoffmann, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Bond University
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The curve of the COVID-19 epidemic has been flattened in many countries around the world, and it hasn’t been new antivirals or a vaccine that has done it. We are being saved by non-drug interventions such as quarantine, social distancing, handwashing, and – for health-care workers – masks and other protective...

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