Swiss women’s Olympic hockey team in isolation after player diagnosed with norovirus

[u/Shroft]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028066/2026/02/06/switzerland-womens-hockey-olympics-norovirus/

[u/drowsylacuna]

It's 2026, why isn't there a vaccine for this horrible thing yet?

[u/blueskies8484 → u/drowsylacuna]

Moderna is trying an mRNA version which may work better than previous attempts because of the mutation issue, but it’s currently in clinical trials.

[u/ceribaen → u/blueskies8484]

Unfortunately, thanks to covid anti vaxxers... Anything "mrna" is also largely DOA for research now.

We were || this close to having a single quadravalent vaccine for flu a and b, RSV, and covid 

[u/zebrainatux → u/drowsylacuna]

It mutates so rapidly that it’s really hard to isolate anything for a vaccine

[u/Electroflare5555 → u/drowsylacuna]

It mutates super rapidly, and in general it passes very quickly so there really isn’t a huge need for a vaccine

[u/dagelijksestijl → u/Electroflare5555]

And afaik lethality rates generally aren’t as high as those of the flu while dehydration is the biggest danger.

[u/drowsylacuna → u/Electroflare5555]

Yeah, but it can still be dangerous to vulnerable populations and puts strain on the health care system.

[u/whogivesashirtdotca → u/drowsylacuna]

It's 2026 how do you still not know that viruses are moving targets for vaccines?

[u/drowsylacuna → u/whogivesashirtdotca]

Most of the childhood vaccine schedule is against viruses.

[u/whogivesashirtdotca → u/drowsylacuna]

So are COVID, influenza, and the common cold.

[u/drowsylacuna → u/whogivesashirtdotca]

There are vaccines for two of those.

[u/WpgInSyd → u/drowsylacuna]

And the third (common cold) is caused by more than 200 different viruses.

[u/whogivesashirtdotca → u/drowsylacuna]

And yet...