Submitted by Esc_ape_artist t3_11asu19 in askscience
The_RealKeyserSoze t1_j9uak8y wrote
Reply to comment by DiceMaster in Does the common flu vaccine offer any buffer against H5N1 (Bird Flu)? by Esc_ape_artist
We don't really stockpile flu vaccines because influenza changes and so older versions would not be very helpful. Instead we stockpile the raw materials and production capabilities for the vaccines. The traditional flu vaccine is made using chicken eggs infected with the virus so many countries have their own emergency supplies of chickens/eggs for this purpose.
Now that we also havecell based flu vaccines that don't require chicken eggs as well as future mRNA based flu vaccines that can be rapidly mass produced there will likely be a variety of of options for stockpiling/emergency preparation.
xanthraxoid t1_j9uyz4e wrote
Emergency Chicken Stockpile is a combination of concepts I didn't expect to encounter today...
BenjaminGeiger t1_j9wkanu wrote
Emergency Chicken Stockpile is the name of my They Might Be Giants cover band.
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