> Although this virus has killed many, the risk factor for it is nowhere near high enough to warrant an emergency vaccine. > there's a good chance this virus w

> Although this virus has killed many, the risk factor for it is nowhere near high enough to warrant an emergency vaccine. > there's a good chance this virus will burn out in our population long before a truly safe vaccine comes to market. That's the reason for the down-votes, and for once I think it's actually appropriate. The rest of the post was fine, but those are some wildly controversial - if not completely incorrect and reckless - assumptions to make. For one, it's too early to make definitive statements like these. As far as I know, public health experts have made it well known the risk factor is enormously high and so it's worth being proactive than reactive. Clearly there's an enormous amount of effort in getting an emergency vaccine out and I would think for good reason. Nobody on HN is qualified to make statements on this, especially if they're not actively studying this disease or they're not a public health expert.