A Vaccine for the coronavirus?

Will there be one? How soon?

Is anyone here working in the health field, or in medical research? Anyone here know anything?

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SW-User

It will take at least a year until it can be ready. Not sure if any company has a product close to testing. But with any drug it is the testing that takes the time.

helenS · 36-40, F

@SW-User This.

SW-User

@helenS a year is optimistic normally 5 years or more isn't unusual. I believe some are looking nucleotide-based vaccines which is brand new technology there is no nucleotide-based vaccine on the market currently. The theory is to grow parts of the virus then use them in the vaccine. This is unlike most others where you mutate the virus to a less harmful version that is not harmful but still close enough to get the immunity system to learn to fight it effectively. The other common method is to kill the virus by heat or another chemical then use the dead virus.

Whatever way still all the testing is the major time factor