There are historic advances to applaud in the fight against COVID-19. Vaccines are rolling out, and people are getting shots at a rate of more than 2 million a day. The vaccines cleared for Emergency Use Authorization by the Food and Drug Administration are protecting people from serious disease, and it appears they can quell contagion in communities. Vaccination is beginning to extinguish the raging fire of the pandemic.

At the same time, the work of the global medical and scientific community has just begun. We need additional discoveries to deliver the next generation of solutions that can stand up to the virus and its evolving strains in a lasting way.