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Assuming anti-vax administrators allow us to take new mRNA vaccines, which is far from certain. But yeah mRNA is a game changer for quick vaccine response. In
by generj 2y ago
Assuming anti-vax administrators allow us to take new mRNA vaccines, which is far from certain.
But yeah mRNA is a game changer for quick vaccine response. In theory after sequencing the virus a new vaccine could be in testing days later.
- epicureanideal 2y agoWhy wouldn’t the same speed of vaccine development be possible with protein vaccines?
- classichasclass 2y agoFor a typical recombinant subunit vaccine, you'd need to splice any new changes into whatever's churning out your proteins (bacteria, yeast, etc.) and then go get those proteins after growing them -- assuming all goes well. For an mRNA vaccine, you can skip the entire protein translation and production step.
- HWR_14 2y agoWasn't the COVID mRNA vaccine done in a remarkably short amount of time as well, and the vast majority of the development time was spent on testing?
- cameldrv 2y agoThe incoming administration notwithstanding, I'd expect it to go faster than the COVID vaccine. First, mRNA technology has now been proven for multiple vaccine types, and I think hundreds of millions of people have gotten the COVID mRNA vaccine, so the general safety profile of mRNA is fairly well understood. Second, Moderna has already done a Phase 3 trial of a combination COVID/Flu mRNA vaccine, with supposedly positive results, although I don't think they have been formally published yet. For other types of flu vaccines, the FDA does not require a new clinical trial for the antigen update for the circulating strain. Third, the infrastructure for producing mRNA vaccines at scale exists now, which it didn't in 2020.
- tjpnz 2y agoYou could travel to Canada or Mexico and get it there.
- generj 2y agoI may be able to, but the majority of Americans will not be able to do medical tourism.