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Coronavirus Vaccine on the Horizon, but White House Intervenes

posted by martyb on Sunday March 15 2020, @10:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the taking-a-stab-at-it dept.

quietus writes:

German company CureVac has received a rather strange offer from the current White House.

On March 3, CureVac's CEO was invited to the White House, for a meeting with President Trump, Vice Pence and several members of the Coronavirus Task Force. Asked for when a vaccine could be ready, he estimated that a potential candidate could be ready within a few months. Apparently, that triggered the members of the meeting so much, that they've now offered to buy the company, at whatever price.

One condition though: production would be exclusively for the United States.

The move is not exactly one to gain popularity, and follows on the heels of the President's worrying statement that "a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe".

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by barbara hudson on Monday March 16 2020, @12:01AM (4 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Monday March 16 2020, @12:01AM (#971716) Journal
    Why not? Trump could certainly do with a rabies injection.
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @12:23AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @12:23AM (#971725)

    See comment above by resident AC on the ineffectiveness of vaccine if the patient already has the disease. Trump is already rabid, so a vaccine would not help. Instead he needs a Postexposure prophylaxis, but since he is already symptomatic, and virally shedding madness across the world, the prognosis is not good.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @02:48AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @02:48AM (#971769)

      Did anyone mention vaccine?

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 16 2020, @02:30PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 16 2020, @02:30PM (#971882) Journal

        They cause autism! Avoid!

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Monday March 16 2020, @07:24AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday March 16 2020, @07:24AM (#971814) Journal

    Trump could certainly do with a rabies injection.

    Why would you inject him with rabies? Don't you think he's already rabid enough?

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