created by AutoModerator on 01/12/2024 at 13:00 UTC
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Comment by AutoModerator at 01/12/2024 at 13:00 UTC
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Comment by AcornAl at 04/12/2024 at 11:39 UTC
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A small non-conclusive piece of the origin puzzle
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03968-0[1][2]
1: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03968-0
2: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03968-0
They found evidence that suggests humans, raccoon dogs and greater hog badgers from the market were likely infected. aka sick with something that may or may not have been covid. They hope to see if they can discover unique fingerprints from these infection markers to potentially suggest what type of virus may have caused these infections.
The non-peer reviewed results were presented in the *Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Evolution, Pathogenesis and Virology of Coronaviruses* conference, in Awaji, Japan, on 3 December.
Comment by Boring-Philosophy-46 at 23/12/2024 at 19:25 UTC
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Maybe someone wants to make a post, idk, I won't. I came across this one.
Comment by poormrblue at 02/12/2024 at 17:45 UTC*
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This feels like a bit of a trite question, but I'm curious, in any case.
Early on in the pandemic, there was some focus on vaccines effectiveness to prevent transmission altogether. As the virus developed, the focus on this seemed to go by the wayside in favor of studying the effectiveness in lessening case severity.
Obviously vaccines shouldn't be expected to prevent infection, and it makes sense for various reasons to focus rather on vaccines effectiveness in mitigating the worst outcomes of an infection.
But I'm merely curious if the vaccines, in limited, short term exposure situations, are effective in preventing infection. Have there been any recent (past year or two) studies regarding this, or is there any information at all out there in regards to more recent vaccines and variants?