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41. Btw, this vaccine has been in the works for years

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 08:56 AM

Apr 2020

The Pitt researchers have been trying to create a vaccine since the 2002-3 SARS and subsequent MERS outbreaks. This is not something Pitt's team just cranked out in a few months or weeks.

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Coronavirus: Potential vaccine generates enough antibodies to fight off virus, first peer-reviewed s [View all] Sancho Apr 2020 OP

Go science!! NT Bleacher Creature Apr 2020 #1

University of Pittsburgh does such good work in research ebbie15644 Apr 2020 #2

Yay! DarthDem Apr 2020 #3

Don't care how, we need it now!!! Initech Apr 2020 #4

That is great news, I wish a vaccine was a cure olddad65 Apr 2020 #5

We need both; a cure is likely to come sooner than an approved vaccine. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #15

They are making great progress on a cure .... we need both Botany Apr 2020 #22

K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #6

Rush this sucker! Go Science! jimlup Apr 2020 #7

Promising... LudwigPastorius Apr 2020 #8

Go Pitt! IronLionZion Apr 2020 #9

Isn't this where the 'T' Virus comes in and we have the zombie apocalypse comes about? LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #10

Fingers crossed. Guilded Lilly Apr 2020 #11

Yet there is dotard and his ilk knocking down science and it's branches..idiots all of them Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #12

I'm confused. Aren't mice animals? pnwmom Apr 2020 #13

Two studies sab390 Apr 2020 #17

Humans are animals too. CaptainTruth Apr 2020 #19

A small ray of hope? 2naSalit Apr 2020 #14

Pittsburgh Strong Maggiemayhem Apr 2020 #16

Debbie Downer here says how will Trumpco fuck it up rurallib Apr 2020 #18

You can bet the Trump-Kushner crime family is trying to figure out what's in it for them. (nt) klook Apr 2020 #33

Is this a tiny light visable at the end of a long scary tunnel? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #20

I was glad to read this part... C Moon Apr 2020 #21

Keep Trump the hell away from this. He is a full on idiot. Botany Apr 2020 #23

Pitt has been on this from the start DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #24

Oh wow! C Moon Apr 2020 #27

If this vaccine works, and it's pretty cool DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #31

Should be free to the world as Salk's vaccine was. (nt) klook Apr 2020 #34

Some of us remember the sugar cubes with polio vaccine... Sancho Apr 2020 #38

Yep DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #40

It should also bypass all but preliminary human trials and be given DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #39

A glimmer of hope for the future...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #25

And this progress happens IN SPITE of Trump. NOT BECAUSE of Trump. Beartracks Apr 2020 #26

The magnitude of the problem customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #28

Or doctors and nurses.nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #35

Seems like the first good news I've heard in weeks. Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2020 #29

Cool Joinfortmill Apr 2020 #30

Fantastic. So glad to hear this. K&R! crickets Apr 2020 #32

Sounds like one of the first promising trials mvd Apr 2020 #36

Trumputin will find a way to impede this approval process... olddad65 Apr 2020 #37

Btw, this vaccine has been in the works for years DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #41