Thankfully, the world has mostly returned to normal and the virus will hopefully be a thing of the past in the near future. The pandemic leaves myriad economic, social, health, and psychological scars in its wake. It caused intense suffering and tragedy. But adversity and hardship sparks creativity, ingenuity, and defiance, resulting in great leaps forward. A renaissance in vaccines research is just one example of something good to come out of the pandemic.
