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    From JAB@here@is.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Fri Feb 20 19:22:03 2026
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    Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus,
    researchers say

    A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds
    and flus, as well as bacterial lung infections, and may even ease
    allergies, say US researchers.

    The team at Stanford University have tested their "universal vaccine"
    in animals and still need to do human clinical trials.
    ....
    ....
    The approach described in the journal Science does not train the
    immune system. Instead it mimics the way immune cells communicate with
    each other.

    It is given as a nasal spray and leaves white blood cells in our lungs
    - called macrophages - on "amber alert" and ready to jump into action
    no matter what infection tries to get in.

    The effect lasted for around three months in animal experiments.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g8rz7yedo

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  • From Retrograde@fungus@amongus.com.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Sun Feb 22 09:37:49 2026
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    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:22:03 -0600
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus,
    researchers say

    A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds
    and flus, as well as bacterial lung infections, and may even ease
    allergies, say US researchers.

    These are the same scientists who recommend we get boosters etc. every
    year because virii are constantly mutating and evolving, correct?
    Smells like bullshit to me, same as the old 1960s sci-fi mag "you'll
    get your entire day's meals in a single pill form."

    By the time these researchers exhaust their funding, these virii will
    have mutated 1000 times. Nice try, researchers!
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  • From JAB@here@is.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Sun Feb 22 18:26:49 2026
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    On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:37:49 -0700, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    These are the same scientists who recommend we get boosters etc. every
    year because virii are constantly mutating and evolving, correct?

    Vaccine creation has been done more/less based upon smallpox vaccine,
    which was the world's first, and developed by Edward Jenner in 1796.

    Not fully understanding how the immune system works is why the
    previous practices were used.

    who recommend we get boosters etc.

    "The effect lasted for around three months in animal experiments."

    So, maybe one or two of this vaccine each year, if it works.

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