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International Statistic of the Year: Race for a COVID-19 vaccine

  • Written by Liberty Vittert, Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis
imageOn Dec. 8, 2020, the first members of the public were given doses of a coronavirus vaccine.AP Photo/Frank Augstein, PoolimageCC BY-ND

Scientists in China published the complete genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 on Jan. 10, 2020. On Dec. 8, 2020, health officials in London began administering an effective coronavirus vaccine to the public. The global...

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