Quote Originally Posted by donKey jote View Post
Currently, drugs are being trialled against the virus or it’s effects and as far as I know nobody is worried about any mutations at the moment. Several different types of vaccine are also already being trialled, after having been developed in record time - fortunately there have been massive advances since the likes of SARS-1 and MERS.
What takes time is proving they work in proper trials as opposed to in a Petri dish, an animal or in anecdotal cases in selected patients... things like working out doses and effects, making sure any side effects are tolerable, and mass production.
It will be a much shorter time than usual, but it will still be more than just a few months.
The Octoberfest has already been officially cancelled here ;-)
These are first attempts, they usually don't quite do the job. We have seen this with all the recent out breaks, take HIV for instance. They usually have really bad side effects but come with minor benefits. It would take time for the best solution to present itself. It can't be short cut, it takes time and that is what is going to happen. Nonetheless, any thing that helps is wellcomed l think.