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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by Accujack on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:58PM (#22196215)
More importantly, the flu has a vaccine. New versions of it are released each year according to what health organizations think will be the dominant variants.

The new virus has no vaccine.

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by dpcan on Thursday January 30, 2020 @07:28PM (#22197634)
I think you mean 1 strand of the flu has a vaccine that only a small percentage of the public administer.
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by loeg on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:26PM (#22199044)
Usually it's a 4-strain vaccine but your point stands.
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by Accujack on Friday January 31, 2020 @09:07AM (#22201730)
But, it has a vaccine. If it were necessary to prevent a pandemic, governments around the world could create emergency vaccination programs and emergency production programs for more of the vaccine, and they could be tailored to the strain that was creating the danger.

That's not an option to stop this Coronavirus at all.

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