Some people from England were able to rescue data they had from the first Sars vaccine (which was never used cuz Sars died by itself) and it might speed the release date of the first vaccine by a lot. I read that they might have vaccines for half of their population by the end of the year.
Oh, much less exciting and awesome as cats being our supreme leaders, but still goodish news that we can thank our cat overlords for: T-Minus 4 days!