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BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal vaccine for coronaviruses
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/biontech-pfizer-starting-testing-universal-coronavirus-vaccine-h2-2022-06-29/Working on T-cell enhancing shots, pan-coronavirus shots
BioNTech adds antibiotics work to infectious disease efforts
June 29 (Reuters) - Germany's BioNTech (22UAy.DE), Pfizer's (PFE.N) partner in COVID-19 vaccines, said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses in the second half of the year.
Their experimental work on shots that go beyond the current approach include T-cell-enhancing shots, designed to primarily protect against severe disease if the virus becomes more dangerous, and pan-coronavirus shots that protect against the broader family of viruses and its mutations.
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Great news! 
I was so excited to see this, I could hardly wait to post it. Good news is in short supply these days.
BA4 & 5 are nasty! UK hospitalizations through the roof again. I've read that these 2 variants have horrible lung involvement, similar to the previous strain.
Keep masking! 
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