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Massive red flags. No mRNA vaccine has made it to human trials, and all earlier attempts at vaccines for other coronaviruses (such as SARS/MERS) had some pretty
by djsumdog 6y ago
Massive red flags. No mRNA vaccine has made it to human trials, and all earlier attempts at vaccines for other coronaviruses (such as SARS/MERS) had some pretty bad side-effects such as immune enhancement.
Generating antibodies is one thing, but there have been SARS1 vaccines that generated antibodies and made the results worse:
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8218 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8218
Keep in mind we don't have vaccines for HIV or Herpes, but we do have effective drug treatment. It's much more likely we'll see a compound or procedure saving people from ARDS/Pneumonia than from a vaccine any time soon:
https://battlepenguin.com/politics/this-is-not-a-time-of-honor#vacinations-should-not-be-made-in-a-year https://battlepenguin.com/politics/this-is-not-a-time-of-hon...