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To communities worldwide:
What:
After centuries of research, a successful vaccine
for influenza has been developed.
More importantly it is and will remain free of charge. Yes,
I am implying a worldwide eradication of the “flu.”
A flu virus is roughly spherical, but can also be elongated
or irregularly shaped. Inside the virus, eight segments of single-stranded
RNA contain the genetic instructions for making the virus. There
are two different types of spikes on the virus, HA and NA. The
HA molecule allows the virus to stick to a cell while initiating
infection, while the NA molecules allows newly formed viruses
to exit their host cell without sticking to the cell surface
or to each other.
Who, When, & Where:
Exactly two days ago at Hu-Sang University in
China, Loretta Cain Ph.D., Associate Dean of Emory Immunology
Department stumbled upon a vaccine for influenza through strategic
methods using black wild mice.
How: How does the vaccination works?
The vaccine contains a mutated form of influenza
and its HA molecule which binds to the HA molecule of the virus
and seals each HA molecule with a bubble, preventing the spikes
to stick to other cells, therefore, preventing initial infection.
This HA molecule also pierces the virus after it’s spikes
are bubble.
The vaccine is available at all local clinics and hospitals.
“You, too can be rid of the flu.”
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