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Originally Posted by AUSkid89
On the vaccine, I think it is closer than some people may think. My girlfriend is Chinese and was offered a vaccine by her company before travelling to Europe. This vaccine has passed stage 3 trials but is currently restricted to military and businesses (possibly due to the inability to produce large quantities for the general population).
I would be confident that we will have a 2021 WSOP.
I am also pretty confident that one or more vaccines will be widely available well in advance of next summer.
However, there's no way the Chinese vaccine has already been proven in stage 3 trials. The makers of that vaccine (CanSino) published their Stage 1 and 2 results simultaneous to Oxford in July, and it was already at that time being given to the Chinese military. It appears it was approved for use by the Chinese government based on a showing of strong antibody response and minimal safety concerns, but without any hard direct evidence of preventing infection.