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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 26853185" data-attributes="member: 562115">There are parts of the virus that do not change and stay 96% the same across the entire Coronaviridae family. But sadly none of the Gen-1 vaccine makers did not target these. They targeted the S-protein (the Spike). That was a big mistake but at that time nobody thought the virus would mutate this way. That created the major flaw in the vaccines.The Fusion Peptide (FP) remains the same across the variants and recently the scientists in Stanford found well conserved parts in all the variants in the RBD & NTD which can be targeted simultaneously for more efficacy. But the development of drugs or a vaccine is far away.Humans will not be wiped out with this. The other danger is that Covid can pose indirect problems. The rodents like household rats and other animals who are in contact will carry the virus and it might give rise to another bad one.  The scientists now have to keep a watch on human-livestock-wildlife interface to identify potential harmful zoonotic pathogens. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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