The development and mass rollout of experimental COVID-19 vaccines have been no less than a page turner. Never before have vaccines been pushed into use, or manufactured in such an unprecendented rate, which have undoubtedly saved millions of lives worldwide, and saved the pandemic from taking an even nastier turn.

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Yet, while it was highly suspected that the developers behind COVID-19 vaccines would take home the Nobel prize for Science this year, this year’s prize was awarded to fundamental advance, which were expected to win the honour for long. However, experts have said that there are plenty of reasons as to why it happened. We explain why