Breaking the wave: What will it take for us to get ahead of COVID-19?

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Vaccines are our only way out of the pandemic. But if the current crop can’t stop the cycle of new immunity-evading variants infecting the community and giving rise to more mutations, what can?

. But experts say it isn’t feasible to create altered vaccines for every new variant.

“So far we’ve got a number of antibodies that bind to a huge selection of coronaviruses,” says Dooley. “So it does look like this vaccine is, at least in our animals, raising antibodies that might be able to protect against the other variants, and maybe future variants.” Until one of these “pan-variant” vaccines are widely available we’ll be “chasing the virus” as it mutates, says Professor Nicholas Wood, senior staff specialist at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance .

“All of the sub-variants now that we’re getting with Omicron are coming along so quickly,” she says from her office at the Charles Perkins centre at the University of Sydney. “Having to re-engineer a vaccine every time a new variant comes along is very challenging. And by the time you’ve done that the next wave is coming from a different variant.

Once a spike protein is identified the project will use the “protein-subunit” method to make a vaccine. DNA that codes for the spike protein is inserted into a carrier molecule called a “plasmid”. The molecule delivers the DNA into mammalian cells, which are used as a factory to produce the spike proteins. The proteins are collected, purified, and combined with an adjuvant - a substance that triggers an immune response - to create the resulting vaccine.

Griffin is involved in clinical trials of nasal spray based on a COVID viral vector vaccine, similar to AstraZeneca.

 

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Then only thing which is value and which will stop the Covid virus completely is the discovery of a complete immunity solution. Money must be found to do this and the world scientists should join together to do it now.

Your crap is harming people and societies. By now more than a million have had adverse reactions and 70.000 died in the EU and US alone. And people are still being harassed for not complying so this is clearly not about public health.

'Vaccines are our only way out of the pandemic' according to who? Certainly not the historical record.

Who would have thought that a severe respiratory illness spread by airborne particles could be slowed by wearing masks!

So much for herd immunity, big pharma have made heaps of money, maybe they don’t want to get rid of Covid just want us to continually be jabbed more money in their pockets and politicians too. Too much censorship and not allowing free speech with Scientists and Drs.

I suspect not listening to all you who’ve been spinning this BS since day one might be more effective.

Why do you continually lie with your misinformation

The jibby jabs are keeping the virus going... they induce it!! STOP scaring people into getting a useless jab and let everyone get on with their lives!!!

Seems the more varieties the more varients.

The hermit life 😎

don't worry cos the jabs are gonna kill everyone's immune system

Uttar Pradesh in India - 270 million pop - massive outbreak in 2020. Went from 10's of thousands of infections to under 100 a day within a month. Maybe ask them what they did that worked? Or is there a certain contract with big Pharma that precludes this obvious action?

Masks¡!!!!!!!!!!!!

Masks, air filters etc etc are just fiddling around the edges and have negligible impact at a societal level. There is nothing Gov. can do to suppress Covid...unless you want to live in a Chinese police state. We all need to assess risk for oursleves and live life accordingly.

Bring out the ivermectin.

√Δcc¹nes are our only way out of the pΔndemlc 1: These are technically not '√Δcc¹nes' because they do not confer immunity. Apparently they have another function. 🤷🤔 2: What pΔndemlc? What √¹Яµs?

Get rid of Dan......

None of the pandemic preparedness plans - that were dumped when governments everywhere went into full 'lock step' - had the jabs as a way out. Listen to the lockdown skeptics and focus protection on the vulnerable.

Leaky vaccines created the rise of so many bloody variants over the past 2 1/2 years

We keep pretending there are no tools in the toolbox. A deliberate blind spot with long term, population-wide health consequences. Diabolical. Historically, they’ll look back & think “why didn’t they just stop the spread?” rather than blindly wade into an arms race we can’t win..

But not experimental “ vaccines”! We are not your Guinea pigs!!!

vaccines are the only way out is fake news.....if you are truly interested in where this is all going, read the latest paper from a scientist who has correctly predicted the course of COVID the last 2 plus years...

The vaccines are 'leaky' giving rise to the new variants. Vaccinated people are literally laboratories for new strains. Natural immunity is the answer.

There is no pandemic. No difference to the common cold and flu.

They don't stop spread, thus are not even close to being the only way out. Treatment is where we're at.

The only way out is to stop the fear mongering of epidemiologists and media

Why are they the only way out? I don't recall humans vaccinating out of previous pandemics The vaccines are extending the pandemic

Only Wear a fucking mask for fucks sake

Make up your mind … they only way the jabs “are our only out” is if they actually work & stop transmission. So then stop saying their purpose is to reduce risk of death & severity. It’s one of the other.

Vaccines are not the only way out & to rely solely on vaccines as a strategy will only prolong the pandemic We didn’t vaccinate our way out of cholera, we dealt with the problem at the source Vaccines PLUS masks PLUS better ventilation/ air filtration are all required

What a lie, and what's sad is the evidence clearly showing that it has not work just is ignored for paid advertising. Clearly the Age is suffering from living the low self esteem and confidence line to report truth. This chart should assist. At present you all below the line.

Disingenuous Disinformation Alert….There is this thing called Ivermectin ……It doesn’t kill you like the Experimental Pfizer Vax

NO they are NOT !!!! Early treatment WORKS !!!

Stop distributing your crap Just stop Early treatment option, one out of many

Mitigation strategies. Masks, WFH, social distancing.

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