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That doesn't make any sense, on its face, to anyone even moderately familiar with medicine. Those are all different viruses.
The idea of one vaccine that defeats every virus out there (maybe it will cure AIDS and cancer, too) is mostly best left in zombie fiction. As in, the alleged panacea ends up turning people into flesh-craving zombies. In other words, it's a nice fantasy.
Of course, if it were real, I would probably take it. I'm getting older, so colds and influenza are more dangerous for me.
I thought so too, but it looks like they’re trying to stimulate the immune response directly, rather than teaching it to fight a threat.
Sounds like a great way to trigger an autoimmune response. But, if it works safely, then great news.
I wonder if it helps much for new antigens vs viruses you've already encountered.