The problem is pandemics and Canadian university research is the solution

Universities are uniquely positioned to steer us out of the COVID-19 crisis and the next pandemic.

The new vaccines are effective against the COVID virus in its current form, but as it continues mutating we will need others. We will certainly need next-generation vaccines to address the next pandemic and annual illnesses such as the flu. Image courtesy of Pexels/Maksim Goncharenok

Opinion

BY DAVID FARRAR

April 19, 2021

For more than a year now, the world has been on a crisis footing after the emergence of a frightening new virus for which there was no known prevention, treatment, or cure.

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