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re: Killz Thread: What's the weirdest hypothetical way for the end of all humanity?
Posted on 4/16/14 at 12:42 pm to Kentucker
Posted on 4/16/14 at 12:42 pm to Kentucker
It may not really take three vaccinations to develop immunity though. There are no challenge studies like in animal health where the vaccinated animals have to seroconvert after one dose and the control animals die for the vaccines to be licensed. They have to test titers in humans.
It also doesn't have to be expensive.
ETA: If we can distribute edible rabies vaccines for wildlife, surely we could come up with a plan for people.
It also doesn't have to be expensive.
ETA: If we can distribute edible rabies vaccines for wildlife, surely we could come up with a plan for people.
This post was edited on 4/16/14 at 1:01 pm
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Posted on 4/16/14 at 3:13 pm to UMTigerRebel
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ETA: If we can distribute edible rabies vaccines for wildlife, surely we could come up with a plan for people.
Time is the critical factor, even with vaccines for flu pandemics. The capacity for producing a vaccine for say, the H5N1 bird flu virus which has gone to a pandemic status would be a minimum of 6 months. 3 months to develop the vaccine and switch existing vaccine factories to it and another 3 months to crank out enough for about 600 million doses, the current total capacity for the world's existing labs.
It would take much longer to develop a weaponized rabies vaccine and refit factories to mass produce it.
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