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Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by projektfu on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @05:38PM (#20945018)
There is some chance that a modified live vaccine can mutate into a superpathogen that becomes immediately widespread and deadly. There is a theory that this happened with the feline panleukopenia vaccine and that this became canine parvovirus, with rapid, worldwide distribution of the new pathogen. Something to think about when we put 250,000 human lives on one side of the balance and a big question mark on the other, and telling people that there's no good reason to be cautious.
Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by roywiggins on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:45PM (#20947739)
If the actual full-strength virus hasn't managed it why would a live vaccine be any more likely to? It's not going to be replicating very much- it was designed to be bad at actually infecting people but good at provoking an immune response.
Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by projektfu on Thursday September 12, 2019 @12:30AM (#20948002)
Both are possible at any point.