Groundbreaking new coronavirus vaccine candidate also kills the flu

[Chris Smith]

• Scientists have come up with a groundbreaking coronavirus vaccine candidate that has a few theoretical advantages over other candidates.
• Researchers from Hong Kong created an experimental drug that might protect against the coronavirus and the flu.
• The vaccine would be administered as a nasal spray rather than a traditional injection so it can generate a response at the typical entry site for these infectious pathogens.

At least one coronavirus vaccine might be approved for emergency use by the end of the year in America and the EU, at which point at-risk categories of people could be immunized. More ample vaccination campaigns will start worldwide in the first months of 2021, as more vaccines become available. That’s assuming some of the experimental drugs that reach the final stage of testing prove to be safe and effective, as not all drugs will be successful after Phase 3 trials no matter how promising they seemed.

What’s great about the current state of COVID-19 vaccine research is that there are hundreds of ideas in development, of which only about a dozen have reached Phase 3. The more vaccine approaches available, the more likely we are to find one that works. And scientists have come up with what might be one of the most exciting COVID-19 vaccine concepts so far -- not just because it’s can be administered via a spray rather than a regular shot, but because it should offer protection from both COVID-19 and the flu, as it targets both at once.

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