> so we can examine how it works in a lab and in turn design better vaccines or treatments
This is where I see a gap. How does it actually inform vaccine design? Are there not enough wild viruses to play with?
This is where I see a gap. How does it actually inform vaccine design? Are there not enough wild viruses to play with?
Sun Tzu.
How do you think you can devise a vaccine if you don't know the virus? They experiment to find out what are the weaknesses of the enemy (i.e. proteins and other markers), so that they can target it. If the next pandemy is caused by a similar strain: ta-dam you have the vaccine already (or at least you know what to target).