This passage from @sapinker’s 'Enlightenment Now' describes what it was like when the vaccine against polio was found.

It will be a lot of work – and a long time to get there –, but imagine what it will be like when the vaccine against COVID-19 will be announced. pic.twitter.com/fRtnNucwiV

— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 27, 2020