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To: Lazamataz
Hopes to get a vaccine to market are high, but doctors want expectations to be low for how quickly it can happen. Developing, testing and reviewing any potential vaccine is a long, complex and expensive endeavor that could take months or even years

It's astonishing to me they could cobble together something so quickly, and I'm sure 'cobble' probably isn't the right word (this is science!). But I don't think we have years. God, please don't let it be years.

18 posted on 02/25/2020 2:49:49 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

I give the CDC (who is involved in this) and other agencies great credit.


19 posted on 02/25/2020 2:51:18 PM PST by Lazamataz (I died of coronavirus and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. And a coffin.)
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To: LibWhacker

It took 12 years (2003-2015) for China to come up with a SARS vaccine ready to test. But since SARS was eradicated before 2015, no human testing was done. Just for comparison. SARS-CoV-2 (official designation of the new virus) so far is less lethal than the 40% of SARS, but is way easier to catch/spread. 5 to 800 in a week in South Korea, primarily because of one woman, who had no contact with China.
Be ready to bunker in place, and don’t be surprised if this takes longer than estimated to arrive, to be reported, to peak, and to be over.


24 posted on 02/25/2020 3:18:10 PM PST by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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