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Hi, Benjamin from the nature is open. Hi, Benjamin from the Nature podcast here, a very happy new year to you all. We're going to ease

ourselves into 2022 this week with a little bit of future gazing at what the world of science

might have in store for us over the next 12 months. Joining me to do so is Davide Castel Vecchi, who's been compiling a list

for nature. Davide, hi. Hi, and happy new year to you, Ben. Yeah, right back at you, Davida. Thank you so much

for joining me today. Well, in this kind of look ahead then, I think it would be remiss of us not to

start with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now, of course, in its third year. At this time last year, I guess

everyone was quite excited about the prospect of having vaccines available. But vaccines are also

something that's being looked at for 2022 as well. What's going on in that space? Well, on the one hand,

there are a lot of people, especially in lower income countries, who haven't had a chance to get a vaccine yet.

There were hopes initially that the pharma companies would allow their patents to be suspended

so that the vaccines could be produced in other countries as well.

And that has only happened in a limited way.

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