Submitted by The_Mayor_of_Reddit_ t3_11bmul2 in askscience
In a sense that, if it begins to spread amongst humans, a vaccine can quickly be developed and fielded using existing technology?
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[deleted] t1_ja0zshi wrote
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nicuramar t1_ja12sy0 wrote
What about in skeptical mice? Or alternatively, what does naive mean in this context? :)
[deleted] t1_ja14c2e wrote
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RunObjective1970 t1_ja2bcrb wrote
hah. it means their bodies have no antibodies, have never seen a virus like that before.
RunObjective1970 t1_ja2bxvz wrote
There are already a few vaccines which can be made to work, and some others already being made.
So far the cases in Cambodia do not look as though they are spreading from person to person, but who knows, the news is so new that only time will tell. These events have happened in the past, and all of the infected people were working with birds, or living at the homes of people who do, which is so far the only way these rare events happen. If it does start to spread among humans, from person to person, it will be easier to contain as flu viruses are not nearly as contagious as Sars Cov 2. Flu is not really air borne, its droplet spread. There are also quite a few vaccines already made and ready for use.
[deleted] t1_ja4jdsc wrote
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babar90 t1_j9z6no7 wrote
H1N1 1918 was pretty severe and deadly in population lacking immunity. Yeah not much reason to assume that a H5N1 epidemic should be worse and that making a vaccine should be more difficult. Efficacy of H1N1 vaccines are hindered by the fact that we are all already immunized. In naive mice H1N1 and H5N1 are comparable.