Leeds Rhinos - southstander.com • Coronovirus update
christopher wrote:
You mention SARS and MERS both if which we I think we don't have a vaccine for!
There were several vaccines developed for SARS Cov-1 but as there hasn't been a case since 2004 they were withdrawn from clinical trial - but they worked. MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) began a vaccine trial last year in Saudi Arabia, it was developed by the Jenner Institute in Oxford, the same people who have just put the SARS Cov-2 vaccine into clinical trial.
The difference is the number of cases, it's a massive effort to develop and manufacture a vaccine and usually takes 5-10 years to do it. MERS has claimed around 900 lives to date and as the name suggests is limited to a particular geographical area and is generally infectious by close proximity to camels - hence the trial taking place in Saudi Arabia. The expertise that the Jenner has on covid diseases is immense and they were very ready for this.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-02-07-oxf ... e-research
Sarah Gilbert is very impressive.
Statistics: Posted by DHM — Tue May 05, 2020 4:18 pm — Replies 71 — Views 12926