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minus-squarehomura1650@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThey’ve been working on a vaccine since 2023. https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-hantavirus-vaccine-is-in-the-works/ The reason we had a covid19 vaccine so quickly was because of all the work that was already done for a vaccine due to prior Coronavirus outbreaks (SARS in 2022, and MERS in 2012, with the latter seeing a resurgence in the past few years).
They’ve been working on a vaccine since 2023.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-hantavirus-vaccine-is-in-the-works/
The reason we had a covid19 vaccine so quickly was because of all the work that was already done for a vaccine due to prior Coronavirus outbreaks (SARS in 2022, and MERS in 2012, with the latter seeing a resurgence in the past few years).