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Re:Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by... by simpleguitar on Sunday January 03, 2021 @09:41PM (#25627438)
Well, both Russian and Oxford vaccines seem very effective, even though they are using conventional technologies. Without BioNTech or Moderna, an effective vaccine would have been delayed by maybe 3-6 months, which isn't too bad.

But now that mRNA vaccines have been proven, they might be mass distributed in about 9 months in a future pandemic.

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Re:Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by... by boxed on Monday January 04, 2021 @03:50AM (#25628987)
Conventional? It's a virus vector with replaced genetic sequence produced by sequencing and genic manipulation.
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Re:Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by... by mmmBacon on Sunday January 03, 2021 @10:22PM (#25627636)
an effective vaccine would have been delayed by maybe 3-6 months, which isn't too bad.

You realize such a delay would mean many more people would die not to mention the overall damage to society from lockdowns? I can’t understand how that would possibly be not “too bad.”

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Re:Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by... by simpleguitar on Sunday January 03, 2021 @10:35PM (#25627696)
Sorry, my "not too bad" comment was based on the initial estimate for the vaccine, which was 18-24 months from the start of the pandemic. That would have been July or Dec 2021.

Science really came through this time. We not only had a new vaccine platform that arrived just in time (mRNA), but our conventional vaccine development was also able to get a good vaccine out much sooner than scientists originally thought.

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Re:Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by... by solarkraft on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:47AM (#25628698)
(Not OP)

> You realize such a delay would mean many more people would die not to mention the overall damage to society from lockdowns?

Yes.

> I can’t understand how that would possibly be not “too bad.”

Compare it to not having a vaccine ever.

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