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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by adamjb on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:32AM (#25035167)
The 1976 Swine Flu outbreak and subsequent bungled vaccination campaign comes to mind
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by aphextron on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:41AM (#25036596)
>The 1976 Swine Flu outbreak and subsequent bungled vaccination campaign comes to mind

Given that viral genome sequencing didn't even exist in 1976, I don't think it's a meaningful comparison.

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