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Thank you for your question. There are virologists and immunologists currently exploring the mutation-space of SARS-CoV-2 for nearly all potential mutations th

Thank you for your question. There are virologists and immunologists currently exploring the mutation-space of SARS-CoV-2 for nearly all potential mutations that produce a viable virus capable of infecting human cells. Based on that mutation-space, they're trying to determine if a vaccine regime can exist which can counter all possible mutations of SARS-CoV-2. So far, it looks like it's possible. Here's a presentation about the work being done at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIcaSqQFrX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIcaSqQFrX0

eadmund 5y ago
> There are virologists and immunologists currently exploring the mutation-space of SARS-CoV-2 for nearly all potential mutations that produce a viable virus capable of infecting human cells. Based on that mutation-space, they're trying to determine if a vaccine regime can exist which can counter all possible mutations of SARS-CoV-2. So far, it looks like it's possible. Well, that would be just awesome! Any chance for similar pan-effective vaccines for other viruses? It would be pretty cool if COVID-19 ended up having the silver lining of enabling a step-function improvement in vaccine technology.