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curing some of the viruses that cause the common cold entirely.

This was this kind of crazy hype from back in 2021/2022 that has helped fuel the backlash against MRNA vaccines. There has been nothing happening on the common cold virus with MRNA vaccines. In retrospect, it seems like CEOs pumping the stock price with wild promises.

> There has been nothing happening on the common cold virus with MRNA vaccines. In retrospect, it seems like CEOs pumping the stock price with wild promises.

So not true. There are numerous candidates for pan-flu and pan-coronavirus vaccines. mRNA and other vehicles.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/clinical-trial...

> CEOs pumping the stock price with wild promises.

There is a big problem

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=thenerdhead#44805721

So long as they don't have a targeting mechanism and can turn any of your tissues into antigen factories they can't be deemed safe for use.

Just like carbon nanotubes were all the rage until it was discovered they are as toxic as asbestos.