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> It sounds like we may end up handling Covid exactly like the flu, with annual vaccines tailored to whatever strains seem most dangerous for the upcoming year.
by mlyle 5y ago
> It sounds like we may end up handling Covid exactly like the flu, with annual vaccines tailored to whatever strains seem most dangerous for the upcoming year.
Or, perhaps, we'll do better. People who had SARS-CoV-1 and subsequently were vaccinated against SARS-COV-2 have been shown to have potent immune responses not just against all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 but also the entire genus of Sarbecoviruses. This implies a pan-coronavirus vaccine is at least possible.
- Engineering-MD 5y agoDo you have a reference? I would be interested sin reading the paper
- mlyle 5y agoSure! https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108453 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108453 Pan-Sarbecovirus Neutralizing Antibodies in BNT162b2-Immunized SARS-CoV-1 Survivors, Tan et al, NEJM 2021 Aug 18.