‘Ya fooled me once’: US Army scientists at Walter Reed have reportedly developed a universal COVID-19 vaccine that can target all variants

They’ve been working on it for two years:

The achievement is the result of almost two years of work on the virus. The Army lab received its first DNA sequencing of the COVID-19 virus in early 2020. pic.twitter.com/1zkMTkM9s8

— Defense One (@DefenseOne) December 22, 2021

According to the report, the vaccine has had early success against Omicron:

Walter Reed has been working on its pan-coronavirus vaccine for almost 2 years. Its human trials success – even against #OmicronVariant – come as that variant sweeps the globe. “With Omicron, there's no way really to escape this virus. You’re not going to be able to avoid it.” https://t.co/FCqThlOXjg

— Tara Copp (@TaraCopp) December 22, 2021

Here’s how it works (in layman’s terms):

"Unlike existing vaccines, Walter Reed’s SpFN uses a soccer ball-shaped protein with 24 faces for its vaccine, which allows scientists to attach the spikes of multiple coronavirus strains on different faces of the protein."https://t.co/lRWcZnGnU7

— Robert Wiblin (@robertwiblin) December 22, 2021

A “big if true” moment:

Big if true–and if true THEY CANNOT GRANT A PRIVATE MONOPOLY!!!!

Public servant ingenuity for the good of the public. https://t.co/Sfw9sfg43W

— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) December 22, 2021

But. . .

If people think the vaccine-hesitant will line up to get it because the U.S. military is involved, it shows they haven’t been paying ANY attention to the issue:

A vax that takes a long time to make and developed by the military.

Line up the anti vaxxers!

(also yay gov funding that isn't for bombs) https://t.co/4xmeH1Rcce

— Ian Livingston (@islivingston) December 22, 2021

“Google Gulf War Syndrome,” for example:

Google “Gulf War Syndrome” before getting too excited about DoD vaccines. pic.twitter.com/UCtraVYrO8

— BearFlagFan (@BearFlagFan) December 22, 2021

And we’ve been down this path before:

Y'know, I feel like I've heard vaccine dreams before. Ya fooled me once . . .

(To be clear, get vaccinated. It reduces greatly reduces instances of severe illness, hospitalization, and death. I'm just saying I'm past hoping for a miracle vaccine.) https://t.co/2R2pJOXMmi

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 22, 2021

And maybe it’s time to take a second look at the initial Pfizer/Moderna data?

maybe we should look at the Pfizer/Moderna initial data a little closer before we do this all over again? https://t.co/Z6dM5jJ2ck

— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) December 22, 2021

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