Make a vaccine? I'm trying to teach my kids the alphabet

Chris McGillicuddy from EB Education Services hosts an online tutoring session during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Manchester, Britain July 2, 2020. Picture taken July 2, 2020. EB Education Services/Handout via REUTERS.

LONDON/BERLIN/MILAN (Reuters) - It's tough to do any useful work when you're stuck at home, struggling to home-school bickering kids, let alone when you're trying to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.

British drugmaker AstraZeneca had spent years preparing for a pandemic, but when the moment finally came it was caught cold on a crucial front: stressed parents working from home struggled to focus.