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https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/pm-scott-morrison-reveals-what-will-happen-if-a-covid-vaccine-isnt-found-c-1223478 So we can have international travel without a vaccine if we can find an effective treatment for COVID-19...

That's understandable as considering people will be out of jobs and there will be an economic crisis after the pandemic, that means Corporate and Leisure travel will take a longer time to recover.

By then Donald Trump would have been get voted out and a treatment will be available. Even a vaccine is effective for 1 year only, I think it is as good as a permanent vaccine, as we can buy time to explore effective treatments which we can return the world back to normal as early as we can.

I would rather have a rushed vaccine than no vaccine which we will need to keep borders closed and staff working in tourism, aviation and HE sector stand down. What's important for a vaccine is that it is a ticket to protect those who needs it and a ticket that would allow us to open our...

I don't think 18 months is realistic. If it is for 18 months, then the social costs would be excessively high. Moreover, the last pandemic Spanish Flu was for 18 months, if we still need 18 months to end the Coronavirus pandemic, then it proves that our medical technology has not advanced in the...

Possibly approved, but yet to be widely available. I think more important than vaccine, should be the development of a cure. There are some promising cure that I feel our mainstream media are too focus on a vaccine than on a cure. I know a cure could potentially take longer, or could be...

I feel by December we could have a vaccine approved already which I would wonder whether it is too late for any travel bubble to happen by then. We have news that the Oxford vaccine has passed Phase 1 last week, which means that we should have more news about Phase 2 and 3 in the coming months...

I wouldn't bet on 1 Jan as the date international travel will resume as the situation is highly fluid. I also wonder whether we need a vaccine to restart travel, as if we can develop a drug in the next few months that can reduce the impact of Cornonavirus to flu-like, we should stop any...

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/australia-s-role-unclear-as-manufacturers-race-to-make-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-20200721-p55e19.html I don't understand why Australia has yet to sign any contract to ensure supply of the Oxford vaccine, when it is the best hope that it will be successful...

I would recommend against any international travel bookings until we have a vaccine approved, as I don't think governments will open their borders until such is approved at least. I understand there are lot of people here will argue it needs to be available, however that is a country power...

That is a bit of a risk to other states, they should not be allowed to Transit at all, I am concerned that Community Transmission will creep through transiting passengers.

Despite being optimistic, I think my understanding is that Australia has placed a bet on our local vaccine from UQ and COVAX-19 rather than signing deals with AZD1222 or mRNA-1273 vaccines to be available in Australia. Here's an article where we should all get concerned about, and if we missed...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/15/coronavirus-vaccine-breakthrough-oxford-scientists-discover/ Some rather encouraging results from the Oxford University Vaccine, with Phase 1 trial results due next Monday 20th July. Reports has mentioned that AZD1222 vaccine can be available by...

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/vaccine-shows-promising-response-in-published-study-but-more-research-needed-20200715-p55c8s.html Phase 1 trial of Moderna vaccine has shown positive results, so that's good to hear. Of course we will need to wait a little longer for their Phase 3...

Yes it is true. Because of the Victorian hotel quarantine saga. At least it seems the number of cases remained stable in Victoria for now that there's hope for that to start going down in the next week as the CHO hopes. Hopefully it will go on that way then Victoria can come out from lockdown soon.

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418056/building-blocks-covid-19-antiviral-drugs-identified-rapid-study Another encouraging news re antivirals, that scientists have identified key chemical blocks for an eventual drug that causes COVID-19.

I think so, similar to a vaccine, you need to have clinical trials. I believe the stage where they have identified these substances are still pre-clincial. Once it is on clinical, we should see results rather quickly. I hope we can find an antiviral soon so that we will be able to reduce the...

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/08/opinions/covid-19-treatment-reason-for-hope-haseltine/index.html I think rather than looking at Vaccine, we should look at substances which could potentially treat COVID-19, they can come before a vaccine and we can end the pandemic that way.

I recall that under Basic Law there is freedom for Hong Kongers to enter and exit the country freely unless you are a suspect of a crime. I don't think majority of HKers are criminals and such scheme will be severely affect international trust on China.

I think travel in 2020 will be quite unlikely, but if end of 2021 for travel resumption then that means Olympics 2020 will be cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic. I think with the current efforts of a vaccine, unless things failed miserably, I hope we can see some travel resumption by Chinese...