The #subversive thing about this is that the product can potentially be marketed as a dietary supplement or a #food (minus the alcohol) — all #natural ingredients! — with very minimal regulation. It directly subverts RFK's anti-vaccine, pro-supplement, anti-science policies. Without the supplier making any claims, it could give people access to a lifesaving vaccine against #polyomaviruses if there were no other access.

#RFK #dietarysupplements

Tina Hesman Saey: He made #beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing. Scientist Chris Buck's unconventional project illustrates many challenges in developing new vaccines.

#vaccines #virus #polyomaviruses
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vaccine-beer-polyomavirus-chris-buck

He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing

An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.

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This from August 2015 #bat #virus research in #NewZealand:
"Richard and his team have had some unexpected results. The team discovered not only a novel #coronavirus, but also sequences that are related to #polyomaviruses, #papillomaviruses, #hepeviruses and #caliciviruses."
...
"A great deal more surveillance work needs to be conducted in New Zealand on our bat species and many questions remain unanswered."
https://oldwww.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/newsletters/kararehe-kino/kararehe-kino-issue-26/viruses-in-bats
Viruses in New Zealand bats

Bats are important supernatural and cultural icons around the world. They are also known to harbour diseases capable of infecting humans. Rabies is probably the most widely known such disease, but bats may have also

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