edit: this is not my pic! its a high school in georgia, sorry for the confusion.

    • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Where have you read that? I've heard that several vaccines are making some headway, although it is a long process and it could still be a while before they're ready for the general population. But I've seen nothing to indicate that a vaccine in general is a pie in the sky idea though.

        • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          lol, yeah they are very misinformed. There aren't any coronavirus vaccines as there hasn't been a need in the past. But there absolutely are dozens of labs around the world currently working on a vaccine for this strain, and given how simple of a virus it is I have no reason to believe that they won't be able to eventually come up with one. Fauci thinks the US will have one by the end of the year, although idk how accurate that prediction is, it may be well into next year by the time we have one ready to roll out.

          • SheetsOfLenin [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            There actually was a vaccine being worked on in the past, it wasn't profitable and the project was disbanded iirc

            Edit: for a disease tangential to covid

            • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              It could have been a vaccine for SARS, perhaps? It might have been disbanded once the pandemic died down after it mutated itself out of the spotlight. But who knows? I'm just spitballing here.

        • eqp1a [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Haha fair I’ll have to dive through some threads

            • GottaJiBooUrns [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              I'm not sure if this is the same thing as what you're talking about, but back in March I did see an article that postulated that we might have to basically do rolling shutdowns. As in different places go on lockdown, then gradually transition out of it, but if they start to see an increase in cases past a certain number then they go back into lockdown and start the cycle over again.