| This is both exciting and good news 09:37 - Jul 13 with 671 views | homer_123 |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/art
Though, an 8 week turnaround is something else. Brings into debate the speed vs quality issue around vaccine development. Before Covid, it was typically 8 to 20 years, Covid changed that and now we are at 8 weeks.
At a very basic level, the plus side is that we are trailing one of four Ebola vaccines very quickly, so we have the potential to save a lot of lives (given the strain kills 1 in 3). There are potential downsides but it is using an approach we have used before and any side effects may well outweigh any risks.
Either way, the speed of development is impressive to say the least. |  |
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| This is both exciting and good news on 09:43 - Jul 13 | Cheltenham_Blue |
IIRC. When vaccines were being developed during COVID there was some suggestion that this could change vaccine production forever.
I don’t think even the most optimistic scientists would have imagined it being this significant. |  |
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| This is both exciting and good news on 09:46 - Jul 13 | baxterbasics |
Got to be one of the scariest organisms on the planet, Ebola. Just as well it doesn't transmit quite as easily as as colds and coronaviruses. Hopefully it stays that way. |  |
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| This is both exciting and good news on 09:51 - Jul 13 | Cheltenham_Blue |
| This is both exciting and good news on 09:46 - Jul 13 by baxterbasics |
Got to be one of the scariest organisms on the planet, Ebola. Just as well it doesn't transmit quite as easily as as colds and coronaviruses. Hopefully it stays that way. |
I don’t think there is much concern around Ebola changing its manner of transmission.
From what I gather virologists are far far more concerned of the likelihood of Bird Flu making the leap to human transmission. | |
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