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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by jazzyjackson on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:02PM (#30874092)
> Overall global research did in fact prep us for SARS-CoV-2.

Didn't feel like it.

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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by macintux on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:24PM (#30874205)
We had a vaccine candidate within a few days as I recall. That's miraculous.
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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by mardifoufs on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:01PM (#30874436)
That was mostly due to advances in mRNA technology, no? Moderna was able to design the vaccine in days mostly because of it's RNA tech, not because it was prepared for a coronavirus pandemic.
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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by macintux on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:00PM (#30874758)
Definitely mRNA advancements played a huge role, but it certainly sounds like coronavirus research played its part.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/0...

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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by wbl on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:51AM (#30875523)
All that was needed was knowing spike is a target.
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