It has been revealed previous studies and trials into coronaviruses have produced vaccines which not only didn’t work, but in fact “actually enhanced infection,” according to Australian National University’s Professor Peter Collignon.
Professor Collignon told Sky News host Peta Credlin he didn’t believe “we’ll have a vaccine anytime soon” as a search for a way to combat the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues.
He said it’s also “not a given we’ll have a vaccine” at all.
The professor said it would likely take at least 18 months to two years “before we have enough of a vaccine to not only vaccinate all of Australia, but what’s even more important, the rest of the world”.
“We need to learn from previous studies, or trials into coronavirus, in animals for instance, the coronavirus vaccines not only didn’t work, but actually enhanced infection”.
“And that was at least the same with one of the SARS vaccines in chimpanzees or monkeys when they tried it”.
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