Merck’s vaccines are out of the running. These two used yet a different mechanism to try to protect against the virus. In this case, it didn’t work.
https://twitter.com/ct_bergstrom/status/1353760474509103104
What the Merck vaccines tried to do was combine the asshole protein on to a weakened live virus (not the COVID virus, in both vaccines it was a different virus). So basically this guy, but with the asshole protein spliced in.
https://twitter.com/wheatnoil/status/1345946154387734537
That’s different than the AstraZenica vaccine, which gives you the asshole protein instructions in an empty shell of a virus that doesn’t replicate in your body.
The Merck ones put it in a weak virus that CAN replicate in your body.
The Merck ones put it in a weak virus that CAN replicate in your body.
https://twitter.com/wheatnoil/status/1344475418351468546
The argument for this is that if the weak virus can replicate, it will pump out asshole proteins for a longer time, giving your body more practice shooting them down and giving it better long-term memory.
However, in studies, the measured immune response was not as strong as a normal COVID infection or as strong as the other vaccines.
So it’s a no-go.
So it’s a no-go.
By the way, when people say vaccines usually take years to develop, this is ‘one’ reason why. You try something, it doesn’t work, so then you try something else.
With COVID, we’ve got 100+ different vaccine candidates, using different methods, all being tested concurrently.
With COVID, we’ve got 100+ different vaccine candidates, using different methods, all being tested concurrently.
Some vaccines will work. Some won’t. We don’t have to wait for one or two to fail before trying the next. Every pharmaceutical company is shooting their shot and we pick the ones that work. That’s never happened before & may never happen again. That’s ‘one’ reason it’s been fast.
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