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Yes, because we've had no reason to do it - who's going to work on that when they could work on Cancer?
I'm not sure that's necessarily true. 4 common human coronaviruses form part of the collection of viruses we collectively refer to as the common cold. Considerable amounts of time and effort have been spent trying to develop vaccines. None have succeeded. Considerable efforts were also made to finding a SARS vaccine. There is none.
Maybe this time it'll be different, but the assumption that we'll be able to find a vaccine against SARS2 because we've been able to develop vaccines for other entirely different types of virus is quite a leap of faith. And as we know from HIV, throwing vast amounts and money and time at a problem doesn't necessarily result in an effective vaccine.
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4 common human coronaviruses form part of the collection of viruses we collectively refer to as the common cold.
That considerable effort would have been proportionate to the impact the Common Cold has on the population. I mean, who would buy a vaccine for the common cold. Unless there's a lethal or highly debilitating strain I've missed.
Considerable efforts were also made to finding a SARS vaccine. There is none.
Yes, but now time has moved on, and we find Europe and the US is unable to leave the house. As above, what was a tiny blip barely on the radar, is now the biggest thing going. Where big efforts have been made, you can be sure bigger efforts will be made. The prize is fucking massive, there has never been anything like it. This is a good thing, a reason to be hopeful.
the assumption that we'll be able to find a vaccine against SARS2 because we've been able to develop vaccines for other entirely different types of virus is quite a leap of faith.
Yes, but this is not where I place all my faith, perhaps my post did not make that clear.
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Isn't the problem with Rhinoviruses (colds) that the buggers mutate so much and there are 100s of them?
The other cold like coronas just aren't dangerous enough to attract lots of investment, they seem to be 10-15% of what we would call "a cold".
If SARS2 is reasonably stable, like the flu, perhaps we can have success this time. If not, whew... we have to infect everyone strong enough on purpose in phases?
Don't really want a Black Plague scenario of "congrats, you now have a boosted immune system and gene pool permanently and 1-3% of your population is gone, soz"
Howard
JWestland
Oh really? Never would have thought!
(If you think my understanding of this is so limited, if I were you I simply wouldn't have replied.)
Yes, because we've had no reason to do it - who's going to work on that when they could work on Cancer?
Now this thing is bigger than Cancer. Cancer, AIDS, Dementia, Malaria, Heart Disease, Alzheimers.... everything.
It's better than a complete absence of any large scale effective vaccine I think.