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Re:Wuhan lab infected 'humanized mice' with bat coronaviruse... by thatguy0900 on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:21PM (#25738315)
Has any virus actually been headed off with a vaccine already having been created in anticipation of the virus coming into existence eventually? That's really interesting

Edit: and how useful would it be if it was? I was under the impression that covid vaccines were made extremely quickly and that it was regulatory issues that held it until now

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Re:Wuhan lab infected 'humanized mice' with bat coronaviruse... by foxyv on Thursday January 14, 2021 @07:02PM (#25784942)
In the past, I think the research has been of limited use. However, speculating into the future, with the advances in vaccine development we could possibly see fruit from that sort of research. A lot of the bans on Gain of Function research has recently ended. Still, scary stuff!
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