• MF_BROOM [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Does this mean I shouldn't pin my hopes on a universal or nasal vaccine? :doomjak:

    I mean I know this shit is gonna be with us for the rest of our lives in some capacity, but I was hoping that a universal or nasal vaccine could reduce the spread (and hopefully get less virulent over time) and make it more akin to how we view something like the flu, but I also obviously have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about. I just see quite a few epidemiologists and people from other adjacent professions increasingly beating the drum on these kinds of vaccines.

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      2 years ago

      Nasal vaccines will be usefull because they can head off infection before it gets into your blood stream, so spread would definately be reduced. The current vaccines target the virus once in the bloodstream. Future vaccines may be able to get around the imprinting problem. It's being worked on anyway. Best bet is to not get infected at all, but the "urgency of normal" is making that nearly impossible.

      • MF_BROOM [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That seems like it would be much better for preventing long COVID too, if it stops infection before reaching one's blood stream, or in theory anyways.

        • TheModerateTankie [any]
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          2 years ago

          Covid getting into the bloodstream is what's causing so much organ damage, since it can attack pretty much every part of the body at that point. If we can head it off at the mucus membraines we would be much better off.