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Virus has an official new name: SARS-CoV-2 - PeterB - 03-01-2020
(in case those here didn't already know)
The wiki for it is actually quite informative and interesting, especially to those of us with experience in the subject (I've taught virology at least once): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2
... from a scientific perspective, what strikes me about this virus is that despite the genome being very large for an RNA virus, it doesn't actually encode that many gene products:
... I'd find it hard to believe that there aren't a number of novel ways to vaccinate against these viruses and/or prevent their entry into human cells...
Edit: oh, and the possible connection to the pangolin poaching trade is sad and disturbing...
Re: Virus has an official new name: SARS-CoV-2 - pdq - 03-01-2020
Interesting - thanks.
Re: Virus has an official new name: SARS-CoV-2 - Wags - 03-01-2020
Good info, thanks.
There's a couple companies (Inovio) that are already in the animal testing phase. Here's a pretty good synopsis:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-coronavirus-vaccine-development-process-accelerating