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> so we can examine how it works in a lab and in turn design better vaccines or treatments This is where I see a gap. How does it actually inform vaccine desig
by dehrmann 3y ago
> so we can examine how it works in a lab and in turn design better vaccines or treatments
This is where I see a gap. How does it actually inform vaccine design? Are there not enough wild viruses to play with?
- fzeroracer 3y agoDo you believe you can cure brain cancer by looking at skin cancer?
- jncfhnb 3y agoNot of the variety we need to study
- jksk61 3y agoIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Sun Tzu. How do you think you can devise a vaccine if you don't know the virus? They experiment to find out what are the weaknesses of the enemy (i.e. proteins and other markers), so that they can target it. If the next pandemy is caused by a similar strain: ta-dam you have the vaccine already (or at least you know what to target).