30 years after AIDS, there is still *no* vaccine. AIDS is a corona type virus. Wolfe is saying you will wear a mask *forever*.
President Trump says we’re close on a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Multiple candidates are in phase 3 trials right now.
We were close on SARS in 2003 and MERS as well. Multiple candidates made it to phase 3, but those two burned out quickly so the funding for phase 3 trials dried up before they could be completed.
There are vaccines for RNA viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2, including rubella, polio, and hepatitis A.
The common cold is a coronavirus.