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Originally Posted by spartacus
If it truly becomes a massive pandemic then all bets are off. CDC with the help of pharmaceutical companies has isolated the genome and have replicated synthetic strains for testing and are sending out batches to be tested on infected patients they think they can come up with a viable vaccine within three months. So let's hope for the best and prayers to all those that are infected and to those who have lost loved ones.
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There's a lot more testing that needs to happen - a vaccine is at least a year away, possibly more. That's the word straight from the director of the CDC as of last week. If we're going to stop this thing, it's through containment.
Edit: missed Pluton's comment before I posted this, somehow.