sdl2095
sdl2095 t1_iteolfm wrote
Reply to A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children's hospitals. Here's what parents need to know | CNN by SovietSunrise
Society needs to invest more in vaccines for these plagues.
And if they don't want to make a vaccine, it isn't that unreasonable to make a version of palivizumab like the covid evushield. A long lastly protective antibody. That can get kids to age 2 without severe RSV
sdl2095 t1_iudn420 wrote
Reply to Why does the efficacy of the COVID vaccines wane so quickly? by anton_lindemer
It is a lot of reasons.
But in vaccine research one of the first questions you ask is, does the disease itself confer life long immunity? If it does, there is a decent chance to develop a vaccine that also protects for a lifetime but doesn't cause disease.
But the reasons for coronaviruses and influenza not generating sterilizing immunity are probably not the same. Just like the reasons polio and smallpox being able to create lifelong immunity are different as well.
I can only speak at length about natural and vaccine derived immunity from a few bacterial diseases. And those reasons are very different from the reasons for viruses.