i'm wanting to know what 's been (and being done ) as concerns the vaccine. They've gotten to a place where
they've announced a clinical trial.
Can you shed light on who and where worked on this? Are they using 'attenuated' virus?
The AIDS virus has spikes, yes?, that attach the virus to a cell where the virus can replicate, this is similar to how the corona virus works? Is the idea to focus on that part of the virus? Did the research that was done on sars, get used here, what changed btwn the viruses that meant a new vaccine needed to be developed?
i understand this new branch of the virus has not been studied (due to it's newness) like sars, but it's genome
has been determined, those changes are what made this infection way worse.
also , more talk of an anti-viral treatment for folks already infected. The anti-viral was developed previously
and has shown to be effective as a treatment? In trials, for other viral infections? Does it work like an antibiotic ?
Does it stimulate the immune system to create viral antibodies?
more virus talk w/pat
thx for your sharing, pat