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If there are 111 different mutations, does that mean that a common vaccine is highly improbable/impossible?
by Zod666 7y ago
If there are 111 different mutations, does that mean that a common vaccine is highly improbable/impossible?
- Cogito 7y agoNot at all. The effectiveness of a vaccine is related to the effectiveness of the bodies immune response to the virus. As long as different mutations do not affect the effectiveness of a given immune response provided for by a vaccine, that vaccine will be effective against those mutations. Mutations can affect many aspects of a disease, and often this means a different level of effectiveness of an immune response, but it really does depend on the specific mutation. For now, there are no selection pressures on different strains from vaccines; it will be interesting to see what mutations become prevalent once testing of vaccines starts.
- sizzle 7y agoWhy does it take so long to develop a deactivated vaccine version of the virus to teach our immune system what to attack?
- Cogito 7y agoSafety. You have to understand what 'deactivated' means for this virus, and that people won't get significantly sick if you feed it to them. That takes time.
- johnisgood 7y agoWhile this is not exactly a direct answer to your question, these pages may be helpful: https://shotofprevention.com/2018/03/14/how-flu-strains-are-selected-for-the-seasonal-flu-vaccine-each-year/ https://shotofprevention.com/2018/03/14/how-flu-strains-are-... https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/change.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/change.htm