In the absence of an effectivevaccine, mass access to treatment could be the switch that begins to turn off the epidemic once and for all.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
On top of that, an effectivevaccine can be designed only once the precise pandemic strain is known.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
An effectivevaccine could take six months to produce.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Definition of 'vaccine'
vaccine
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variable noun
A vaccine is a substance containing a harmless form of the germs that cause a particular disease. It is given to people, usually by injection, to prevent them getting that disease.