• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    That’s great news! I’m still wondering if they can do a universal flu vaccine now too. That would be game changing.

    “Despite all the advantages of mRNA, I’m concerned that our current DHHS has no or little interest in the science,” Hotez said.

    He’s being kind - Kennedy has active interest in pseudoscience.

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      Republicans have an active hostility to science, probably because it doesn’t do whatever they say.

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        12 hours ago

        There’s a part of the virus which doesn’t (or can’t?) mutate. There has been talk about creating a vaccine that allows the body to target that bit.

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          Do you have an url for that? I’d be a bit sceptical about that as viruses survived everything so far. And I suppose they’d still mutate if we targeted that.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    I take it this wasn’t one of the cancelled trials; I had been fearing it was targeted due to mRNA.