Originally published at: Scientists detected a new coronavirus and it's jumping from dogs to people | Boing Boing
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This is fine. Everything is fine.
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Republican dog whistles about this are going to have an unexpected result.
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Worse yet: most dogs refuse to wear a mask or social distance.
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F@ck this shit, I’m going into hiding.
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Sawry, I really didn’t mean to infect you.
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Wow, I didn’t realize that (identified) pathogenic Coronaviruses were this rare.
This all sounds scary AF, but I wonder how much this will reveal that many diseases are triggered by completely unidentified pathogens that new treatments can address. My mother and wife have both been diagnosed with lifelong effects stemming from a probable childhood pathogen that were unidentified or misdiagnosed.
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Well, at least it isn’t lions. I hear they can open doors now. Nowhere would be safe from that virus.
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entirely new coronavirus associated with pneumonia in hospitalized patients — mostly in kids
who aren’t eligible for the vaccine.
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Which vaccine? The anti-pneumonia shot? Kids are certainly able to get that one (here in the UK, anyway, as the link describes).
Or the Covid shot? Well, the Covid shot aint gonna work against this new doggie coronavirus any more than it works against the common cold coronavirus, I guess.
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pneumonia is a type of infection, not a pathogen. (it’s caused by fungi, viruses, parasites and bacteria.) The pneumococcal vaccine immunizes patients against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
It does not protect against coronaviruses
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Right. But it was not clear which vaccine you were referring to.
It is now clear you were talking about the Covid vaccine, then. I think I covered that, too, though I guess there’s always a possibility one of the Covid vaccines will also address the canine coronavirus.
Me: “I just got my second shot!”
/reads news
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There’s some speculation about mRNA vaccines being rather versatile.
Still, if the next pandemic uses children as hosts, it would be useful if these vaccines are approved for pediatric use, instead of being restricted to over-12s. I guess one of the reason taht approval has been slow to come is that adults, being the main reservoir of Covid-19, have priority.
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Versatile against Covid-19 variants/mutations - thankfully. Hopefully, the methodology will be versatile enough to swiftly create new vaccines for new coronaviruses (like this canine one, should it become a threat).
And there’s already some evidence the Covid vaccine is ok for teens (12-15) and the trials continue in younger children.
https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-biontech-announce-positive-topline-results-pivotal
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Escaped from the Lab?
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Um… SOB?
