I guess for such vehicle to be "extremely contagious" (or contagious at all for that matter) it should be capable of rapidly multiplying inside the host, so that it outruns immune system mediated destruction for at least some time in order to be present in high enough concentration to effectively spread via aerosols. Given the range of immunodeficiencies present in any population, you are essentially guaranteed to kill at least some people whose immune system will not be able to cope with rapidly multiplying virus. You can theoretically fine tune the lethality of such virus to make sure that number of people you thus murder will be less than those that die either in no vaccine or traditional vaccination scenario, but that would be ethical equivalent of that modern crypto fascist suggestion that we just have to take it easy until herd immunity is established, even though few million grandparents will die in the process while the rest of us enjoy indoor dining.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:33 PM Jacob Keller <jacobpkel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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; 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 > ######################################################################## 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/
