The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic started a rush to find a vaccine.
   
“The coronavirus vaccine is going to eliminate the coronavirus just like the flu vaccine eliminated the flu” was posted on Twitter by Jordan Sather on April 17, 2020. (The flu vaccine did not eliminate the flu.) A meme with the saying was posted on Facebook by MemeAholics Anonymous on April 22, 2020.
 
 
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
             
Twitter
Jordan Sather
@Jordan_Sather_
The coronavirus vaccine is going to eliminate the coronavirus just like the flu vaccine eliminated the flu.
10:33 AM · Apr 17, 2020·Twitter for iPad
 
Twitter
Not Austin Steinbart
@NotSteinbart
The coronavirus vaccine is going to eliminate the coronavirus just like the flu vaccine eliminated the flu.
5:48 PM · Apr 17, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
CJ Scott
@Christine3008
LOGICAL THINKING: the coronavirus vaccine is going to eliminate the coronavirus just like the flu vaccine eliminated the flu.  Hmmmmm #doublestandards
9:02 AM · Apr 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Facebook
MemeAholics Anonymous
April 22, 2020
The coronavirus vaccine is going to eliminate the coronavirus
Just like the flu vaccine eliminated the flu