29-07-2022, 08:00 AM
Scientists are pushing for a universal COVID vaccine instead
The White House and vaccine makers are already trying to head off a worse outcome by accelerating efforts to develop a universal COVID vaccine that would protect against multiple variants.
Eric Topol, founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, says that “variant chasing” and the development of variant-specific boosters will never keep up with the pace of emerging new variants. “Variant chasing is a losing strategy,” he tells Stat News. “It’s temporally flawed and unacceptable.”
Biden, who tested positive for COVID last week, on Wednesday acknowledged how evasive the BA.5 variant is, even as vaccines, boosters, and therapeutics are blunting the deadliness and severity of the current wave.
https://fortune.com/2022/07/28/ba-5-boos...s-vaccine/
The White House and vaccine makers are already trying to head off a worse outcome by accelerating efforts to develop a universal COVID vaccine that would protect against multiple variants.
Eric Topol, founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, says that “variant chasing” and the development of variant-specific boosters will never keep up with the pace of emerging new variants. “Variant chasing is a losing strategy,” he tells Stat News. “It’s temporally flawed and unacceptable.”
Biden, who tested positive for COVID last week, on Wednesday acknowledged how evasive the BA.5 variant is, even as vaccines, boosters, and therapeutics are blunting the deadliness and severity of the current wave.
https://fortune.com/2022/07/28/ba-5-boos...s-vaccine/