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President Joe Biden says he will request more funding for a new coronavirus vaccine (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before

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[–] [email protected] 146 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

So, just a general message to all the commenters who are eye-rolling this:

Viruses mutate, and COVID has mutated continuously since it has been in the wild. All those shots did serve a purpose to continue to provide protection, and that this one will too.

You're tired? Viruses don't get tired. It's not only a good thing, it's a miracle that we even are able to keep up with these mutations and almost completely mitigate the risk of, oh, just death and life-long debilitating symptoms with a 15 minute visit to the doctor to get a shot every so often.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Viruses mutate, and COVID has mutated continuously since it has been in the wild. All those shots did serve a purpose to continue to provide protection, and that this one will too.

It's somewhat baffling that this needs repeating after three years of COVID, but yet here we are.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

the ones that really need to 'hear' it at this point, won't ever 'listen', regardless of how often it's repeated.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not even the doctor. I've never once gone to the doctor to get a COVID shot. Once a clinic and the rest of the time CVS or Kroger or whoever has the most convenient appointment time.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We had 1 chance to eradicate COVID and that was when countries first started locking down. We failed... Miserably. So now COVID is endemic, meaning it is NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY. We will be going in for COVID and Flu shots every year for the foreseeable future. If we are lucky, they'll eventually be able to roll the flu and COVID shots into one inoculation.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So the government will fund it with tax money, and pharma companies will sell it back to the government for “undisclosed” amount. Did i get it right? Oh what capitalism will do for our collective good.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Still an improvement over the current policy of "shut the fuck up, covid is over."

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Republicans will fight him on this, because somehow they’ll find fault in this if a DEMOCRAT does it.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the companies are raking in huge profits on the vaccines still. They can afford to do faster research themselves. If the public coffers pay, they should get equity.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hey, lemme know when we get that dividend for the oil profits we’ve been subsidizing for decades.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the government funds the research and development of a vaccine then any taxpayer should get it for free. None of this handing money to a pharma company only for them to sell it back to us bullshit.

[–] los_chill 8 points 1 year ago

And if it gets sold for profit to other countries, we as the investors should see some dividends too.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Every day i'm thankful to the people who voted Biden/Harris and ousted the criminal fascist trump admin. THANK YOU from Canada.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

They are already working on a new booster that should be out at the end of September, but I don't know if it is targeted enough for the new dominant Eris variant, whose main mutation allows it to better escape prior immune detection, or with the emerging Pirola variant, which has a concerning 30 new mutations whose effects are still being investigated.

So, an entirely new vaccine to deal with the newer mutated variants would be great. And with the advances in mRNA vaccine development over the past few years, it shouldn't take long to make a new vaccine either.

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