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we currently have dozens of vacine candidates for SARS-CoV-2 not just "something similar". The reason to believe it won't mutate much is exactly in the differ
by rimliu 6y ago
we currently have dozens of vacine candidates for SARS-CoV-2 not just "something similar".
The reason to believe it won't mutate much is exactly in the difference of SARS-CoV-2 from influenza: coronaviruses mutate at much slover rate.
I can add some wishful thinking parts though: coronaviruses usually mutate to get less severe, and the threshold for the herd immunity may be way lower than the 60% or 70% (cross-imunity, non-hemogenity, etc.).
Not sure what it the point in comparing it to the influenza, because a) that's a very different virus b) there are several different strains of the flu floating around so is is a guessing game.
- chefkoch 6y agoThere are less than 100 days to the election and they are only running the first human trials. Imho there is no way a vaccine makes it to public in time for Trump.
- someperson 6y agoThe vaccine doesn't need to roll out and the crisis to be over for Trump to win re-election. Just having the headlines full of promising results from the early trials, the starting of mass manufacturing and a clear timetable when the vaccine will begin its deployment may be provide enough "light at the end of the tunnel". Biden is also turning 78 years old soon. I wouldn't count Trump out for an electoral college victory.