06-26-2020, 03:33 PM
DIY Vaccine
One thing that I was struck by from reading John Barry's The Great Influenza, was that scientists in 1918 were producing and administering vaccines in a matter of weeks, in the midst of the outbreak. They didn't even know what a virus was at the time or that it caused influenza. Most of course did nothing, but some directed against pneumococcus, a bacteria which frequently caused secondary bacterial pneumonia, actually did seem to lower mortality, though nothing was done in a controlled manner clearly.
Those guys would probably think we are wusses with our months and months of clinical trials.
Those guys would probably think we are wusses with our months and months of clinical trials.
One thing that I was struck by from reading John Barry's The Great Influenza, was that scientists in 1918 were producing and administering vaccines in a matter of weeks, in the midst of the outbreak. They didn't even know what a virus was at the time or that it caused influenza. Most of course did nothing, but some directed against pneumococcus, a bacteria which frequently caused secondary bacterial pneumonia, actually did seem to lower mortality, though nothing was done in a controlled manner clearly.
Those guys would probably think we are wusses with our months and months of clinical trials.
Those guys would probably think we are wusses with our months and months of clinical trials.
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