Aren’t some strains of the common cold coronaviruses? And don’t these often mutate?
How do you create a vaccine for something that’s mutating, and for which several strains may be going around?
I’ve only taken the ‘regular’ flu vaccine twice. Got the flu one year despite it, and one year felt bad for months after the shot. In the several years since I decided to stop getting the shot, I’ve caught nothing.
I think there are vaccines that actually work; but vaccines for things like this seem like a crapshoot.
I hope I’m wrong; maybe all the testing will result in knowledge at least of the main strain we’re seeing here. I guess we’ll find out the first season a new vaccine for Covid-19 is used.
My money is on NO effective vaccine for covid-19. Even the common flu mutates so much, the vaccine early in the flu season is just a gamble. So you are right on mark about mutation.
Why after all these years there is no vaccine for common cold which indeed belongs to the corona family of viruses.
If I were to get sick with covid-19, I would ask my doctor to administer HCQ+Zinc+AB ASAP before I end up needing a ventilator to breathe.
I am a big believer in keeping natural resistance high with good nutrition, exercise and plenty of sleep.
“How do you create a vaccine for something that’s mutating, and for which several strains may be going around?”
For the SARS-CoV-2 virus they target the ACE2 spike which is what the virus uses to enter human cells.
And if that spike is the same for all mutations, which appears to be the case, a vaccine will work.
My one experience with it was just like your second experience. I was sick for weeks and it screwed up the left sinus for a long long time. Decided the flu vaccine ain't for me.
Rabies, tetanus, things that kill, I’ll take that vaccine. Flu? rather just build immunity the normal way.