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The subheading is either deeply ignorant or actively misleading -- "End of the line for endless boosters?". No, it's not the end of the line for endless booste
by jewayne 2y ago
The subheading is either deeply ignorant or actively misleading -- "End of the line for endless boosters?".
No, it's not the end of the line for endless boosters. Humans do not retain lifetime immunity to many kinds of viruses -- the flu among them. Even if we do develop a universal flu vaccine, you will still need a periodic booster. The main difference will be that it could be the same exact vaccine, year after year. And yes, you might not need it every single year, either. But you almost certainly would still need boosters.
- DangitBobby 2y agoI'm guessing the headline came from this snippet: > When the researchers tested this strategy with a mouse virus called Nodamura, they did it with mutant mice lacking T and B cells. With one vaccine injection, they found the mice were protected from a lethal dose of the unmodified virus for at least 90 days. Note that some studies show nine mouse days are roughly equivalent to one human year. So assuming you can extrapolate to human timescales, it would be booster every 10 years. I also doubt it will be effective that long. Would have been nice for them to mention how long normal vaccines remain effective in mice.
- thrtythreeforty 2y agoTo me, the headline makes too strong of a claim to be backed up by such a weak statement - "some studies," "roughly equivalent," etc. Some studies show lots of things which you'd do well not to base any actions on.