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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by ethbr0 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:44PM (#30076986)
That was pretty obvious since March 2020. Highly contagious respiratory viruses with non-human reservoirs don't go back into the bottle, once they're circulating.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:58PM (#30077174)
No, but flu is the only one that evolves so quickly that we need a new shot every year.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by ethbr0 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:55PM (#30081098)
Coronaviruses give people colds too, they just weren't as widespread or symptomatic as influenza. Now, they probably will be.
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