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At least you now acknowledge that the Zika vaccine wasn't produced in 7 months.. It was a shame that your research stopped after 3 Google clicks, and in your haste to score some sort of victory, you provided false information. Currently there is no Zika vaccine, people are given advice on how to avoid mosquito bites when travelling to infected countries.
I qualify my skepticism for the production of a vaccine by September or by next April or next October by three things. The first being that the quickest vaccine produced took significantly longer than 18 months. The second by the sheer volume that needs to be produced - 6 billion, although I appreciate people will be thinking of their own country only. The third by the track record so far, "antibody tests in weeks" and the lack of tests.
I am not saying that a vaccine in record time is impossible. I just think there should be more caution because a lot of people seem to be thinking that it is set in stone. You are right in that previous vaccine production times are not, necessarily, an indicator of future success. However, it does illustrate the difficulties in producing a vaccine.