FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine

Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by wombatpm on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:02PM (#28277915)

J&J and AZ are more traditional vaccines. People have been looking for treatments hence the HCQ and invermectin investigations. Look at how long it took them to make steroids a standard treatment option. We now have a variant that is more contagious (delta) I’m waiting for the variant that is more deadly.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by dham on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:40PM (#28278524)

A virus doesn't become more contagious and deadly. It can only do one or the other. Think good, fast, cheap in programing terms. Pick 2.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by myko on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:57PM (#28280375)

> A virus doesn't become more contagious and deadly.

This is a misconception actually. It really just depends. It is fair to say that if a virus is more deadly in a shorter time period it is less likely to become more contagious, but it isn't necessarily true.

Especially with viruses like COVID-19 which are spreadable before symptoms start.

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