The whole world is waiting, held hostage by a virus so new to humans we have no immunity to it, and we don't even fully understand it.

What could free us is a vaccine. And though vaccine development cannot be rushed, speed is of the essence. It's an international race, and Canada is in the running.

Dawna Friesen speaks with Canadian epidemiologist Dr. Steven Jones who was a key figure in the creation of a vaccine for the Ebola virus. Jones talks about how surprised he is with the developments to date and how ambitious the timelines are to develop a vaccine.

Jones says we need to face the possibility that it could be up to 4 years to develop a vaccine and it also may never happen

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