Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

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Not an expert but Astra and Sputnik are planning to cooperate by using combinations.

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Actually, Sputnik V is 2 separate vaccines, the initial dose is
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type-26 (rAd26, component I) and second dose is adenovirus type-5 (rAd5, Component II). It provides insurance in case someone already has immunity to one of the adenovirus vectors.


If they need to do this every season we can see this method start to fail due to acquired immunity from the 1st vaccine.
 

Chish

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Good, nothing sends a stronger message of China's success against COVID than Chinese citizens freely traveling the world as other nations are forced to lock down.
Not encourage. Chinese should not travel the world for pleasures except for work until the situation improve. They may unintentionally bring back new strains of which little are known.
S Korea, Singapore, Japan and Australia were successful at controlling the first wave, but look at them now.
 
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