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.