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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/covid-19-vaccines-can-adapt-to-new-variants-heres-what-it-will- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/covid-19-vaccines-can-ad
by johnchristopher 5y ago
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/covid-19-vaccines-can-adapt-to-new-variants-heres-what-it-will- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/covid-19-vaccines-can-ad... COVID-19 vaccines can adapt to new variants. Here’s what it will take
Health Feb 9, 2021 6:37 PM EST
> It would take six weeks for researchers to go from “plugging new variants into the vaccine” to “make a new vaccine ready to go into people,” he said, but that does not account for the time it would take to have a drug approved. Weissman compared the process to the way the vaccines for the seasonal influenza are modified each time it circumnavigates the globe.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/26/biontech-says-it-could-tweak-covid-vaccine-in-100-days-if-needed https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/26/biontech-say... BioNTech says it could tweak Covid vaccine in 100 days if needed
> BioNTech says it could produce and ship an updated version of its vaccine within 100 days if the new Covid variant detected in southern Africa is found to evade existing immunity.
- ralusek 5y agoThe question has never been about how long it would take to adjust the vaccine. mRNA has been a platform capable of rapid alterations since the beginning. The question is regarding ensuring that the changes are safe and efficacious.
- johnchristopher 5y agoSorry for misleading, I just wanted to post moderna and pfizer estimates to add to authorization time.