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if new variants escape inoculation by the vaccine, and keep coming about faster than new vaccines can be produced and administered.
by sterlind 6y ago
if new variants escape inoculation by the vaccine, and keep coming about faster than new vaccines can be produced and administered.
- JadeNB 6y ago> if new variants escape inoculation by the vaccine Do they? I've looked for information on this, but haven't found it. Do existing vaccines protect against the new variant from the UK?
- giantg2 6y agoSo far they believe all the know strains are still covered. Nobody knows if that will continue to be the case. The MRNA vaccines are targeting the spike protein, which is what gives it many of it's infectious properties. If it does mutate to change or eliminate that spike, we might get lucky and those strains won't be as serious, but nobody can predict the future.
- me_me_me 6y agoJust an FYI, spike protein is used by virus as means of entering a healthy host's cell. Without it virus becomes like a c4 without detonation cap. More less harmless.
- giantg2 6y agoYeah, if it loses it entirely it would be pretty much harmless. But if it changes sufficiently, that's where we wouldn't know if it's better or worse.