A vaccine? A cure?
I've read that this corona virus is a strain of the same virus as the common cold.馃
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Carla 路 61-69, F
@swirlie I was just wondering if this new strain is the same as the common cold, and no vaccine has been developed for mers, sars and the common cold, what is the chances of finding this vaccine.
Northwest explained it quite well.
I'm still skeptical of the speed in which a vaccine will be found, if at all.
Northwest explained it quite well.
I'm still skeptical of the speed in which a vaccine will be found, if at all.
swirlie 路 31-35, F
@Carla
I was just wondering if this new strain is the same as the common cold, and no vaccine has been developed for mers, sars and the common cold, what is the chances of finding this vaccine?
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Okay, but you never actually asked a question in your original question-post, but instead made a simple statement. I was then wondering what point you were trying to make with your statement. Got it now.
First of all, the term 'Corona virus' is not a specific virus like Covid-19.
All new viruses that suddenly show up that no one has ever heard of before are called 'Corona virus'... meaning, un-named viral infection.
Within a testing lab, this current new virus we are now dealing with was given a name... that name is "Covid-19", which translated means, 'Corona virus identification number 19' (for now). Eventually, it may take on a new namesake that everyone can better identify with. Now, back to your Q.
A virus like Covid-19 is not the same as a common cold. This is because a common cold is not necessary caused from a virus. Most common colds are bacterial in nature, not viral. Those common colds of viral nature however, are contagious to others, whereas common colds bacterial in nature are not contagious unless you are actually kissing the bacterially infected person.
Now, let's talk about the common cold that is viral in nature.
The difference between a common cold that is viral in nature and the flu, is that a common cold virus finds it's home in the nasal passages of a person's head, but does not survive anywhere else in the body.
A common flu is always viral in nature, yet centers itself within a person's respiratory system... like the lungs, which is why flu virus does not affect a person's nasal passages. A cold virus and a flu virus are two totally different types of virus, each finding their respective homes in a very predictable part of the human body.
When we get our annual flu shot, we are immunizing ourself for a very specific, very well-known flu virus that health officials are very much aware of which happens to be affecting most patients in any given year.
The flu vaccine you took last year would have been a different vaccine than you took this year or any previous year. Once you get vaccinated for the flu, that particular strain of flu will never bother you again for the rest of your life.
The reason you get a flu shot every year, is for a brand new strain of flu virus that health officials are now aware of, from which a vaccine is developed to counteract prior to flu season starting (November to April).
We do not ever vaccinate to prevent the common cold that is viral in nature. The reason for this is that our bodies become dependent on vaccine rather than it's own immune system if we did. Once you have contracted a common cold that is viral in nature, you will never catch that same strain of viral cold ever again in your life because your immune system will develop it's own antibodies to fight that specific strain of common cold virus.
Each time you subsequently catch a common cold that is a virus, it happens because you have never had that specific common cold virus enter your body before. If you had, you would not actually catch that same viral infection again. Therefore, every common cold that you catch throughout your lifetime that is viral in nature, is also the very first time you will have caught that specific cold virus.
Common colds that are bacterial in nature, cannot be treated with a vaccine even if we wanted to. Vaccine only works on viral infections, but not on bacterial infections.
And to solve the mystery about SAR's and other such flu-related virus which you said there was no vaccine yet developed for, I have good new for you! There has been a vaccine developed for SAR's just as there has been a vaccine developed for those other viruses you were concerned with, but it took a full 12 months to develop each of them after-the-fact.
People are not immunized against SAR's today, but if you should happen to contract SAR's, there is a very specific vaccine now readily available anywhere across North America that can help you.
The chances of finding a vaccine (hence cure) for Covid-19 therefore, is equally as good as it was for SAR's. It will take a full 12 months to develop it however, which is a standard length of time required to incubate strains of a previously unknown virus.[/c]
I was just wondering if this new strain is the same as the common cold, and no vaccine has been developed for mers, sars and the common cold, what is the chances of finding this vaccine?
[c=#008099]
Okay, but you never actually asked a question in your original question-post, but instead made a simple statement. I was then wondering what point you were trying to make with your statement. Got it now.
First of all, the term 'Corona virus' is not a specific virus like Covid-19.
All new viruses that suddenly show up that no one has ever heard of before are called 'Corona virus'... meaning, un-named viral infection.
Within a testing lab, this current new virus we are now dealing with was given a name... that name is "Covid-19", which translated means, 'Corona virus identification number 19' (for now). Eventually, it may take on a new namesake that everyone can better identify with. Now, back to your Q.
A virus like Covid-19 is not the same as a common cold. This is because a common cold is not necessary caused from a virus. Most common colds are bacterial in nature, not viral. Those common colds of viral nature however, are contagious to others, whereas common colds bacterial in nature are not contagious unless you are actually kissing the bacterially infected person.
Now, let's talk about the common cold that is viral in nature.
The difference between a common cold that is viral in nature and the flu, is that a common cold virus finds it's home in the nasal passages of a person's head, but does not survive anywhere else in the body.
A common flu is always viral in nature, yet centers itself within a person's respiratory system... like the lungs, which is why flu virus does not affect a person's nasal passages. A cold virus and a flu virus are two totally different types of virus, each finding their respective homes in a very predictable part of the human body.
When we get our annual flu shot, we are immunizing ourself for a very specific, very well-known flu virus that health officials are very much aware of which happens to be affecting most patients in any given year.
The flu vaccine you took last year would have been a different vaccine than you took this year or any previous year. Once you get vaccinated for the flu, that particular strain of flu will never bother you again for the rest of your life.
The reason you get a flu shot every year, is for a brand new strain of flu virus that health officials are now aware of, from which a vaccine is developed to counteract prior to flu season starting (November to April).
We do not ever vaccinate to prevent the common cold that is viral in nature. The reason for this is that our bodies become dependent on vaccine rather than it's own immune system if we did. Once you have contracted a common cold that is viral in nature, you will never catch that same strain of viral cold ever again in your life because your immune system will develop it's own antibodies to fight that specific strain of common cold virus.
Each time you subsequently catch a common cold that is a virus, it happens because you have never had that specific common cold virus enter your body before. If you had, you would not actually catch that same viral infection again. Therefore, every common cold that you catch throughout your lifetime that is viral in nature, is also the very first time you will have caught that specific cold virus.
Common colds that are bacterial in nature, cannot be treated with a vaccine even if we wanted to. Vaccine only works on viral infections, but not on bacterial infections.
And to solve the mystery about SAR's and other such flu-related virus which you said there was no vaccine yet developed for, I have good new for you! There has been a vaccine developed for SAR's just as there has been a vaccine developed for those other viruses you were concerned with, but it took a full 12 months to develop each of them after-the-fact.
People are not immunized against SAR's today, but if you should happen to contract SAR's, there is a very specific vaccine now readily available anywhere across North America that can help you.
The chances of finding a vaccine (hence cure) for Covid-19 therefore, is equally as good as it was for SAR's. It will take a full 12 months to develop it however, which is a standard length of time required to incubate strains of a previously unknown virus.[/c]
swirlie 路 31-35, F
@Carla
as for your comment, trumps theory isnt a theory
[c=#008099]
Yes, you are correct. Trump's theory was actually an un-educated guess on Donald Trump's part, his intention being to avoid mass public panic.
But Donald Trump is a politician, not a Physician, which means that anything he says about anything he knows nothing about, is an un-educated guess on his part, not a theory as you correctly stated.[/c]
as for your comment, trumps theory isnt a theory
[c=#008099]
Yes, you are correct. Trump's theory was actually an un-educated guess on Donald Trump's part, his intention being to avoid mass public panic.
But Donald Trump is a politician, not a Physician, which means that anything he says about anything he knows nothing about, is an un-educated guess on his part, not a theory as you correctly stated.[/c]