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Can someone ELI5? Why is it so hard to produce a vaccination for this virus? We have vaccinations targeting viruses all the time, isn’t it?

• robjan 7y ago
  Vaccines are being worked on as we speak but the testing and approval process takes a long time.
  • vidanay 7y ago
    IMO, if testing shows a good effectiveness, approval will be fast-pathed.
    • 0xffff2 7y ago
      The fast path for vaccine approval is 2+ years.
      • elpatoisthebest 7y ago
        It looks like it was fast tracked quite a bit faster than 2 years during the H1N1 pandemic. I don't have a better resource right now than Wikipedia, but I guess we could follow the links for more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic#Vaccines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic#Vaccines But according to this page by 19 November 2009 the vaccine was distributed to 16 countries. I think it was first really noticed in April 2009. Not making any claims about what to expect for COVID-19, just that they have fast tracked vaccines faster than 2 years in the recent past.