Tamiflu and Relenza are not vaccines, they are anti-virals, used to treat the symptoms of a viral illness. They do not prevent a person from acquiring the disease. Just wanted to clarify...
On Apr 28 08:09 AM Freya wrote:
> The vaccines produced via the Chicken/egg route may take many months > to produce an adequate solution if the present vaccines like Tamiflu > and Relenza do not provide the protection needed. > > After all, they were not designed with this in mind. > > Nothing out there has been designed with this in mind. I do not know > about BCRX, but I do know that NVAX has a proprietary artificial > means of producing vaccines. They have the potential to come to a > solution much faster than the others. > > Thanks for the heads up on QDEL, I knew that there was such a device > but didn't know who manufactured it.
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On Apr 28 08:09 AM Freya wrote:
> The vaccines produced via the Chicken/egg route may take many months
> to produce an adequate solution if the present vaccines like Tamiflu
> and Relenza do not provide the protection needed.
>
> After all, they were not designed with this in mind.
>
> Nothing out there has been designed with this in mind. I do not know
> about BCRX, but I do know that NVAX has a proprietary artificial
> means of producing vaccines. They have the potential to come to a
> solution much faster than the others.
>
> Thanks for the heads up on QDEL, I knew that there was such a device
> but didn't know who manufactured it.