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Can the nobivac canine coronavirus vaccine for pet dogs be quickly modified for use in humans against the wuhan novel coronavirus?
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? quickly ? : In the late 70's the feds tried to rush a swine flu into production after emergence of a "new" flu virus. There were more deaths & hospitalization from that vaccine than the flu that year. Safety of the vaccine must first be validated for any "candidate" preparation. There is likely many candidate vaccines that will be tested before a safe & effective one is found. That takes time.
Answered 2/9/2020
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