Coronavirus vaccine could be ready in September, scientist says

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A vaccine for COVID-19 could be ready as soon as September, according to a professor from Oxford University.

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It gives immunity, right ? Not a cure ?

phenomlab

Yes. No cure currently, but potentially a way of training the immune system to spot it and eradicate for itself. According to research, COVID-19 has weak shielding meaning if you find a way to remove it, the body can fight it off itself. Other viruses such as HIV have high shielding meaning they can be slowed right down, but not fully eradicated.

And even then, those drugs used to treat HIV took decades to create.

mvp

Here they are talking about using Plasma from cured patients’ blood and treat the sick. They say it is effective.

phenomlab

mvp same in the UK and US. It’s effective, but very invasive, and, no doubt very expensive. Almost like dialysis.

In addition, such a process would be subject to extremely strict testing and screening. Can you imagine curing a patient with COVID-19 to then discover you’ve infected them with HIV ?