Cautious optimism. As a member of the medical/pharmaceutical community I see really big potential in what has been made public/available, but also some glaring problems: no substantial results in elderly or children, (obviously) no long-term follow-up to see how long immunity lasts and whether adverse events precipitate with time, and of course the storage problem (so far these are all "cold vaccines" which require -70C storage and once thawed cannot be refrozen, thus distribution even in so-called "civilized nations" will be a challenge).
The biggest fear from my end is that people see this news as an implicit permission slip to surrender on all other fronts, not realizing that it will be many months before any of us normies see a vaccine. Unless you're a healthcare worker or otherwise essential and/or high-risk individual, I would not expect a vaccine until mid 2021 based on production rates and distribution challenges. The UK and US have both rallied distribution plans for mid-late December, but that will be absolutely essential front-line workers. This does not mean everyone can go see their family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, throw out their masks, and stop giving a sh*t as many people seem to be doing.
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