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It sounds like candidate vaccines were designed within weeks, or small few months. It is the testing that take a long time. It would be cool if we could test a
by rich_sasha 6y ago
It sounds like candidate vaccines were designed within weeks, or small few months. It is the testing that take a long time.
It would be cool if we could test a method, rather than a vaccine, and next time just whip up a vaccine with the tested method and apply it quickly.
- hyko 6y agoWe got lucky because MERS candidates were in the pipeline, and the best candidate was ready to start because CEPI had already invested in getting an RNA vaccine platform up and running: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Prepa...