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How Long Will It Take to Develop a Vaccine for Coronavirus?
Healthline ^ | January 30, 2020 | Shawn Radcliffe

Posted on 02/25/2020 9:57:28 AM PST by Missouri gal

Several groups are working on a coronavirus vaccine, but there's no guarantee that it will be ready before the end of the current outbreak. One group says they may have an experimental vaccine ready for initial testing within a month. But experts caution this expedited timeline doesn't always allow for careful evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronvirus
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

No, we have plenty of materials for vaccine development. This bug spreads with direct contact and droplets. So use hand sanitizer and don’t stand near anybody sneezing! (And don’t eat any bats or snakes. :-))


21 posted on 02/25/2020 1:07:32 PM PST by Missouri gal
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To: Missouri gal

Dang,i just had bat last night!


22 posted on 02/25/2020 1:09:57 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Missouri gal
One group says they may have an experimental vaccine ready for initial testing within a month. But experts caution this expedited timeline doesn't always allow for careful evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines.

In 1976 the vaccine industry took a hit with a predicted swine flu epidemic that never happened, and a swine flu vaccine that caused lawsuits because of complications.
They should still be gun shy.

So I would not expect a public corona virus vaccine until an epidemic is well underway, and definitely needed. Probably another nine months earliest. - Tom

23 posted on 02/25/2020 1:42:07 PM PST by Capt. Tom
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To: Leep

Well, don’t bite anyone for a couple of weeks at least! :-)


24 posted on 02/25/2020 2:22:54 PM PST by Missouri gal
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To: Missouri gal

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25 posted on 02/25/2020 4:12:30 PM PST by sauropod (David Horowitz: “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Roche already has one


I don’t think they have a vaccine...
(please provide link if they do)

They do have a test.


26 posted on 02/25/2020 5:01:05 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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