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    Army’s own vaccine that could fight COVID variants begins clinical trials

    This is a vaccine against coronaviruses, not just the COVID.

    Army’s own vaccine that could fight COVID variants begins clinical trials

    A unique vaccine produced by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research started clinical testing Tuesday, and Army researchers hope it will combat variants of SARS-COV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

    The vaccine, called spike ferritin nanoparticle, or SpFN, could also help fight other coronaviruses, a group of related RNA viruses that often cause respiratory-related diseases in mammals.


    Army researchers have been tracking the threat posed by new coronaviruses even before the pandemic, according to Kayvon Modjarrad, director of emerging infectious diseases at Walter Reed. That threat has been accelerating in recent years.


    “That’s why we need a vaccine like this: one that has potential to protect broadly and proactively against multiple coronavirus species and strains,” Modjarrad said in a statement announcing the SpFN testing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    This is a vaccine against coronaviruses, not just the COVID.

    Army’s own vaccine that could fight COVID variants begins clinical trials
    On one hand this might be a good thing, but the more we delve into the world of vaccines, we keep ignoring our own immune system.
    We need exposure to some viruses to help build our immune systems
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    Quote Originally Posted by stjames1_53 View Post
    On one hand this might be a good thing, but the more we delve into the world of vaccines, we keep ignoring our own immune system.
    We need exposure to some viruses to help build our immune systems
    I do supplement specifically for a strong immune system.

    One issue in the military is the potential to travel to $#@!holes that have a lot of viruses and bacteria we are not accustomed too and the military's mandate that we get a very large number of vaccines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I do supplement specifically for a strong immune system.

    One issue in the military is the potential to travel to $#@!holes that have a lot of viruses and bacteria we are not accustomed too and the military's mandate that we get a very large number of vaccines.
    yep. been there, done that.
    Some of the best ideas come from military participation........
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