Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

curl-6 said:

Phoenix20 said:
More profit is made by the media selling bad news and the pharmaceutical companies making huge profits from the increased sales of vaccines.
The media creates the fear and panic with claims that millions are going to die worldwide as a new deadly outbreak spreads like the plague.

Bad news may sell more papers, but vaccines take years to develop, trial, and manufacture, so there won't be one for this in the near future, and no existing vaccine will protect you from a new virus.

Well, there are some more general antivirals, although it might be hit or miss if they work on this specific virus. Also in cases of emergency labs can work directly on a solution and may be able to fix up something in weeks, depending on circumstances. Still this has to be produced afterwards and these emergency research is very costly.