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sarcastroll t1_j5lult2 wrote

Nice, that's exactly where I was hoping we'd end up.

It'll just be another routine yearly vaccine we get, just like the Flu shot. Look at what's circulating, give it the best estimate as to what strains to include, and get it once a year in the fall.

It won't be 100% effective, but it takes enough of the edge off when you do get inevitably exposed that you're not dying and hospitals aren't being overrun.

Hell, I hope it can just be included with the flu shot. 1 less shot to get, especially for the little ones (and us big ones) that hate needles.

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aragonii t1_j5m03yd wrote

Moderna has been planning an all in one RNA vaccine that targets the major active flu variants and the COVID/sub-varients. They are talking about having it widely available within six weeks of determining the active variants. So they can make the vaccine in Sept. using the current variants instead of using their best guess in spring on what will be prevalent in the following winter.

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khoabear t1_j5mwu27 wrote

I also plan to win the lottery by buying the numbers with the most likely chance of winning.

Pharmaceuticals are like tech companies. Nothing they say means anything until their trials show good results. Their plans are there to pump the stocks.

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aragonii t1_j5ncr68 wrote

The original spikevax and the updated bivalent both have shown excellent results in the 77,000,000+ people that have gotten them. That sounds like a pretty good start to making a combination COVID/influenza vaccine.

It certainly sounds like their work is paying off better for the world than your ersatz lottery scheme is for you.

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