To: ex-Texan
Weird article.
"there is no vaccine for this virus"
I am under the impression that there is no vaccine for any virus.
13 posted on
04/11/2003 5:07:03 PM PDT by
Sam Cree
(HHD)
To: Sam Cree
I am under the impression that there is no vaccine for any virus. Good grief. What do you think "flu shots" are for? Or measles vaccinations? Or smallpox?
Perhaps you're thinking that antibiotics don't work against viruses, which would be true.
17 posted on
04/11/2003 5:11:35 PM PDT by
Dog Gone
To: Sam Cree
"I am under the impression that there is no vaccine for any virus." Well, it's not THAT bad. ow about Polio vaccine, Flu vaccines, Hepatitis A and B vaccines, Yellow Fever vaccine- Measles, Mumps, Rubella, to name a few.
It is true that some viruses mutate so quickly that it is almost impossible to make an effective vaccine against them- but many don't.
To: Sam Cree
I think you're confusing antibiotics with vaccines. There are vaccines to MANY viruses: smallpox, chickenpox, mumps, measles, etc. However, antibiotics are generally ineffective against viruses and are usually used for bacterial infections, not viral.
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