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We don’t have a vaccine for the common cold, not for lack of trying. AFAIK we’ve never made a vaccine for a coronavirus. This isn’t the time to be relying on si

by ericd 7y ago

We don’t have a vaccine for the common cold, not for lack of trying. AFAIK we’ve never made a vaccine for a coronavirus. This isn’t the time to be relying on silver bullets.

zeroonetwothree 7y ago
Common cold is caused by hundreds of different viruses so a single vaccine is not useful
- ericd 7y ago
  Similarly, this one is mutating pretty quickly: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85500?xid=nl_popmed_2020-03-19&eun=g1148356d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CoronaBreak_031920&utm_term=NL_Daily_Breaking_News_Openers_Active https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85500...