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Rocknation

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33. Very good (and very, VERY inevitable) news

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Mon May 15, 2023, 11:37 AM

May 2023

Last edited Wed Nov 15, 2023, 05:44 PM - Edit history (24)

especially since America's 70% fully vaccinated Covid rate brings herd immunity within our sights.

Epidemiology 101: Viruses survive by mutating; viruses fade into oblivion when they can no longer out-mutate either their naturally or medically made antibodies.

Thanks to epidemiology, any antibody can now eventually be medically made -- which is why polio, anthrax, smallpox, measles, more recently HIV, and most recently Ebola are pretty much the stuff that distant memories are made of.

Welcome to the beginning of the end, Covid.

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Breakthrough antibody kills all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 [View all] BootinUp May 2023 OP

WOOT! FalloutShelter May 2023 #1

They are going to be rich dweller May 2023 #2

"available for humanity and not profit" FoxNewsSucks May 2023 #3

It creates fear and chaos! McKim May 2023 #24

Exactly. Few enough were dying that the GOP could spin fear to their advantage and plunder at will. NullTuples May 2023 #30

We have time for tests and deployment before they can try anything again MutantAndProud May 2023 #17

science ... it works! stopdiggin May 2023 #4

k&r nt orleans May 2023 #5

Thank you Science researchers! Bluethroughu May 2023 #6

Fingers crossed! This is wonderful news. nt crickets May 2023 #7

Wonderful! ShazzieB May 2023 #8

Holy guacamole! Science is the bomb! Scrivener7 May 2023 #9

Here are the relevant articles from the middle of last year... xocetaceans May 2023 #10

Thanks! orthoclad May 2023 #22

You're welcome. n/t xocetaceans May 2023 #31

Encouraging news! WestMichRad May 2023 #11

Great news! I look forward to the possible vaccines and treatments wnylib May 2023 #12

Very encouraging news. niyad May 2023 #13

Smart people, education, science, medicine, and True scientific research. NBachers May 2023 #14

Wonderful news! Many thanks to those involved. Fla Dem May 2023 #15

I'm curious if this is a vaccine? forgotmylogin May 2023 #16

That's what I would like to know too. StarryNite May 2023 #18

It's not reached human studies in any capacity, yet. herding cats May 2023 #20

Vaccines create antibodies..... getagrip_already May 2023 #25

The article said it stimulates the mouse's immune system to Farmer-Rick May 2023 #28

Interesting. Maybe this might hold true in human studies. herding cats May 2023 #19

Don't get TOO excited orthoclad May 2023 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author sellitman May 2023 #23

And of course the idiots still won't take it..... getagrip_already May 2023 #26

If there was a vaccine for stupidity, they wouldn't take it. GoneOffShore May 2023 #29

I hope the clinical trials will be a success. pandr32 May 2023 #27

We need science to find an antibody to resist variants of stupidity and gullibleness. SleeplessinSoCal May 2023 #32

Very good (and very, VERY inevitable) news Rocknation May 2023 #33