Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response

Re:Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response by SaltyLemonZest on Monday July 20, 2020 @02:16PM (#23900416)

Even if it's made mandatory, which may not happen, manufacturing and distributing enough vaccines for everyone to get one will take years. Ideally we want to get everything back to normal once we have enough vaccines stocked up to strategically deploy in hot spots, but if the vaccine doesn't severely reduce the disease's spread that strategy won't be effective.

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Re:Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response by rimliu on Monday July 20, 2020 @02:29PM (#23900524)

a) It would take months not years. b) you don't need to have _everybody_ vaccinated.

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Re:Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response by Stupulous on Monday July 20, 2020 @02:42PM (#23900640)

If vaccinated persons still transmit the virus, I would think herd immunity is irrelevant. Am I incorrect there?

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Re:Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response by aeyes on Monday July 20, 2020 @03:38PM (#23901142)

How can you transmit a virus which is not able to use your body to replicate itself?

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Re:Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response by Wowfunhappy on Monday July 20, 2020 @02:51PM (#23900731)

I suppose technically, if you were actually just as contageous as a sick person for as long. Hard to believe that would be the case though.

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