The Coronavirus Won't Stop Evolving When the Vaccine Arrives

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In a 1988 essay on pandemics Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University, reminded the medical community that when it comes to infectious disease, the laws of Darwin are as important as the vaccines of Pasteur.

As medicine battles bacteria and viruses, those organisms continue to undergo mutations and evolve new characteristics.

Lederberg advised vigilance: “We have no guarantee that the natural evolutionary competition of viruses with the human species will always find ourselves the winner.”

With the emergence of what seem so far to be safe and effective vaccine candidates, it appears that humanity may be the winner again this time around, albeit with a dreadful loss of life.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-coronavirus-wont-stop-evolving-when-the-vaccine-arrives/ar-BB1bqbf0?li=BBnb7Kz

[roamer65]

1. It definitely will mutate.

However, the one fairly consistent part of the virus are its spike proteins. Those cannot change much as they are the gateway into the cells of the host.

The vaccines created by Pfizer and Moderna are amazing. They inject a snippet of mRNA into our muscle cells which tell the ribosomes in the cells to produce the virus’s spike proteins. Our immune system then kicks in and starts producing the antibodies to the spike proteins. This vaccine is modular in design and could easily be changed to target MERS and SARS-CoV-1.

I expect the vaccine to be at least a yearly booster, in which any changes can be introduced...like the flu vaccine.

I also expect to see a lot of sub clinical cases in those vaccinated. The virus will take a stab at you, regardless of your vaccination status.

[soothsayer]

2. So they CAN cure the common cold

Maybe, at great expense.

[roamer65]

3. With this modular design, a lot more is possible.

Just insert the right segment of mRNA into the lipid sac that bonds with your cells and it gets the mRNA right to the ribosomes.

Common cold, maybe even cancers.