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  • SARS-CoV-2 'killed' a flu strain

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 6 11:13:09 2023
    XPost: sci.misc

    After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a
    redesign

    It's TBD how and when a reformulation will happen, but it's now in the
    works.

    Vaccine advisers for the Food and Drug Administration voted
    unanimously (12 to 0) Thursday to remove, "as soon as possible," a
    component of annual flu shots that targets a strain of the virus that
    appears to have gone extinct amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
    ...
    ...
    The missing strain is the influenza type B Yamagata lineage (aka
    B/Yamagata), one of only four flu viruses targeted by annual vaccines.
    There have been no confirmed detections of B/Yamagata worldwide since
    March 2020, when the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, erupted onto
    the global scene, dramatically disrupting the lives of people and
    other viruses everywhere. The subsequent 2020-2021 flu season was
    virtually nonexistent.


    https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/after-covid-killed-off-a-flu-strain-annual-flu-shots-are-in-for-a-redesign/

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  • From Blue-Maned_Hawk@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Oct 7 00:17:04 2023
    XPost: sci.misc

    JAB wrote:

    Vaccine advisers for the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously
    (12 to 0) Thursday to remove, "as soon as possible," a component of
    annual flu shots that targets a strain of the virus that appears to have
    gone extinct amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    That's an interesting decision. I'd've thought that the component would
    be kept in for a while to make sure that it's really gone extinct, since
    this is probably one of the only chances we'd get to drive such a strain
    to extinction and forever relieve humanity of its burden.




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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid on Fri Oct 6 19:57:57 2023
    XPost: sci.misc

    On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 00:17:04 -0000 (UTC), Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    it's really gone extinct

    I have not seen articles related to this topic that might describe why
    this happened.

    October 12, 2021
    New research aims to create 'Trojan virus' that can destroy viruses
    after infection https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/10/12/new-research-aims-to-create-trojan-virus-that-can-destroy-viruses-after-infection/

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