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		LudwigNagasena on April 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, coul... There are too many different strains of rhinoviruses that cause common cold. It is possible to create a vaccine against each strain, but no vaccine that would target at least a significant amount of strains is possible at the moment.

nyokodo on April 27, 2021 [–]

> no vaccine that would target at least a significant amount of strains is possible at the moment.

Why not? What are the limits of multivalent vaccines?

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