Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by warmwaffles on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:26PM (#25281098)

The corona virus it self has been around for a long time. The strains we are seeing now are newer obviously. But it's known virus.

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by JamisonM on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:41PM (#25281286)

This is a confusing series of statements, what do you mean?

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by qaz_plm on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:46PM (#25282086)

Sounds like they're saying Coronaviruses aren't a new thing, just that new types pop up. The CDC lists human Coronaviruses were first found in the mid-1960s [0]

[0] - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by warmwaffles on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:02PM (#25282277)

This is exactly what I am saying. They aren't new. Lysol used to advertise that it killed the corona virus on its disinfectants back in the 90s.

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by JamisonM on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:51PM (#25285159)

Ok, how is that relevant? Coronaviruses collectively have been known for a long time, this was also true when the SARS outbreak occurred, is true during MERS.

Likewise influenza was well known before the 1917 pandemic, or H1N1.. and?

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