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Dr Pulendran thinks two doses of the nasal spray would be enough to provide protection in people and estimates that, with enough funding, the vaccine might be available within five to seven years.
Oh no... RIP miracle vaccine.
They're going to cut the whole department once RFK Jr finds out it's Woke
As someone who has all the winter illnesses: I want it sooo bad.
But will it give mental illnesses to Americans?
Plenty of other things already doing that, usually pushed by massive corporations. Will it be blamed for those things to try and shift blame from the real causes? Of course.
Are you not familiar with their conservatives?
Naw, they already have that one.
(hobbits discussing breakfasts meme here)
That doesn't make any sense, on its face, to anyone even moderately familiar with medicine. Those are all different viruses.
The idea of one vaccine that defeats every virus out there (maybe it will cure AIDS and cancer, too) is mostly best left in zombie fiction. As in, the alleged panacea ends up turning people into flesh-craving zombies. In other words, it's a nice fantasy.
Of course, if it were real, I would probably take it. I'm getting older, so colds and influenza are more dangerous for me.
I thought so too, but it looks like they’re trying to stimulate the immune response directly, rather than teaching it to fight a threat.
The new vaccine stimulates multiple parts of the immune system that appear to account for the broad protection in mice.
Sounds like a great way to trigger an autoimmune response. But, if it works safely, then great news.
The new vaccine, for now known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, mimics the T cell signals that directly stimulate innate immune cells in the lungs.
It also contains a harmless antigen which recruits T cells into the lungs to help the body fight pathogens for weeks or months.
I wonder if it helps much for new antigens vs viruses you've already encountered.