Marionnette
Children see magic because they look for it
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- Sep 26, 2009
Coronaviruses are just one of many families of viruses that cause the “common cold”. There are 7 identified coronaviruses that affect humans and 4 cause mild to moderate symptoms. The other 3 would be SARS, MERS and COVID-19.Coming in October to a US zip code near you: zombies. And you thought Covid was bad.
They’ve been working for YEARS on cold vaccinations. Corona virus is from the same family of viruses that bring us the cold. This type of virus creates a short term immunity response, which is why you can get the cold again and again (unlike measles which triggers a long term immunity response). I’m not buying that a useful, safe vaccination can be produced by Fall. Oh, wait, I pay taxes so I guess I am buying it.
Just because this one comes from the corona family, that doesn’t mean that an effective vaccine cannot be produced. The reason that there is no vaccine for the common cold is because there is no one single strain or virus that causes it, the symptoms are relatively mild and not deadly, and financially speaking, it is not worth it for pharmaceutical companies to pursue research and development down that rabbit hole.
We’re further ahead on developing a CV-19 vaccine because of the research that has already been done on SARS and MERS (both are “corona cousins”) It gave researchers a leg up on what might work and what definitely won’t work. For instance, research shows that recovered SARS patients exhibit sufficiently measurable IgG antibodies for 2 years after infection with a decline beginning at year #3. MERS shows a similar immunologic response.
All this implies that a vaccine is a possibility but not a promise. But I’m willing to hope for the possibility, rather than dismiss it outright.