Forbes May 14, 2020
Some 4.3 million people are now infected with COVID-19 across the globe and the rapid spread of the coronavirus has served to further illustrate just how important vaccines are when it comes to preventing major outbreaks of disease. Health officials and scientists are scrambling to develop a suitable vaccination for COVID-19 with 40 countries and donors pledging $8 billion towards research and development funding. Vaccines have actually been around for a long time and today marks a notable 224-year anniversary. The first vaccine is generally credited to Edward Jenner, an English doctor, who administered it on May 14, 1796.
While he was a medical student, Jenner noticed that milkmaids were contracting a disease called cowpox which resulted in very few...
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