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Old 03-27-2021, 07:10 AM
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You DO realize that this vaccine has been around and tested for over 10 years? This is the SARS and MERS vaccine. The only difference is that Covid is a derivative of SARS. Its official name is SARS-CoV-2.

I think testing over a 10+ year period is sufficient and there is no doubt the vaccine is well-proven ..
There is no vaccine for either SARS or MERS. They attempted to come up with vaccines for them but were unsuccessful. While it is true that they are both Coronaviruses, it is also true that without a vaccine SARS ceased in just under two years and the MERS outbreak lasted just under three years.