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We have vaccinated those in wealthy countries, and most people in the industrializing and middle income world will eventually get shots, though not necessarily

by retrac 5y ago

We have vaccinated those in wealthy countries, and most people in the industrializing and middle income world will eventually get shots, though not necessarily the most highly effective. But there is no credible plan to mass vaccinate the people in Congo or Haiti right now, honestly. Even a global crash effort expending far more money than we're likely to, would take many years. It took about 60 years to eradicate (almost) polio by vaccine. Even optimistic scenarios suggest for the near and medium term future, there will be large concentrations people who aren't vaccinated in various regions, sustaining the virus's wild spread.

aruggirello 5y ago
BTW, coronavirus infecting domestic and wild animals means that, like it or not, Covid is here to stay. There simply is no chance we can vaccinate wild deer: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02110-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02110-8
- retrac 5y ago
  You might be surprised. Rabies has been significantly curtailed or eliminated from large regions of inhabited Canada with aggressive vaccination of wild animals. If the vaccine can be produced in oral form you can literally just rain it down on raccoons and deer from airplanes as little tasty treats. But that's taken decades as an active rabies management program. It has not eradicated it wholesale, just help reduce it significantly in built-up areas, and the kind of animals likely to interact with humans and livestock. If a bat flies into your bedroom and bites you, you still need a rabies shot. I sometimes find the vaccine "treats" littered around when I go on my hikes. I suppose if I ate one I'd develop some rabies immunity, but I don't think they're approved for use in humans. LOL. An edible adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccine for animals (or humans) is almost certainly possible, technologically. It's probably nearly hopeless to expect to eradicate it that way, admittedly. But I thought you might find such wild animal vaccination programs interesting if you didn't know of them already. It's done in a variety of places for a few different diseases.

by retrac 5y ago

aruggirello 5y ago

BTW, coronavirus infecting domestic and wild animals means that, like it or not, Covid is here to stay. There simply is no chance we can vaccinate wild deer: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02110-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02110-8

retrac 5y ago
You might be surprised. Rabies has been significantly curtailed or eliminated from large regions of inhabited Canada with aggressive vaccination of wild animals. If the vaccine can be produced in oral form you can literally just rain it down on raccoons and deer from airplanes as little tasty treats. But that's taken decades as an active rabies management program. It has not eradicated it wholesale, just help reduce it significantly in built-up areas, and the kind of animals likely to interact with humans and livestock. If a bat flies into your bedroom and bites you, you still need a rabies shot. I sometimes find the vaccine "treats" littered around when I go on my hikes. I suppose if I ate one I'd develop some rabies immunity, but I don't think they're approved for use in humans. LOL. An edible adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccine for animals (or humans) is almost certainly possible, technologically. It's probably nearly hopeless to expect to eradicate it that way, admittedly. But I thought you might find such wild animal vaccination programs interesting if you didn't know of them already. It's done in a variety of places for a few different diseases.