I think it is possible, but the reason it hasn't been done and will probably never be done is that informed consent is an important part of clinical practice.
D -- Dr David C. Briggs Senior Laboratory Research Scientist Signalling and Structural Biology Lab The Francis Crick Institute London, UK == about.me/david_briggs ________________________________ From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Jacob Keller <jacobpkel...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 5:33:09 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: [ccp4bb] Contagious, Self-Distributing "Vaccines?" It would seem to me that it should be possible to generate versions of the Covid virus that would: A. be extremely contagious and yet B. be clinically benign, and C. confer immunity to the original covid virus. If, then, this virus could be released, with appropriate "kill switch" safeguards built in, would this not solve the world's pandemic problems? Is there any reason, practically, why this approach would not be feasible? Maybe we don't really know enough to manipulate A, B, C yet? Or maybe it's too scary for primetime...nightmare bio-warfare apocalypse? Has this sort of thing been done, or does it have a name? Jacob -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jacob Pearson Keller Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics Uniformed Services University 4301 Jones Bridge Road Bethesda MD 20814 jacob.kel...@usuhs.edu<mailto:jacob.kel...@usuhs.edu>; jacobpkel...@gmail.com<mailto:jacobpkel...@gmail.com> Cell: (301)592-7004 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiscmail.ac.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2FWA-JISC.exe%3FSUBED1%3DCCP4BB%26A%3D1&data=04%7C01%7C%7C2387d0d21eaa4d1e2a5e08d8d36a26e4%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C637491800172205849%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=L7S5DdJWrdcYIjNDP4trc6d4dZVBD4azym7uQZSVtdA%3D&reserved=0> The Francis Crick Institute Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1140062 and a company registered in England and Wales no. 06885462, with its registered office at 1 Midland Road London NW1 1AT ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
