Covid Llamas?

[ttyymmnn]

A Covid therapy derived from a llama named Fifi has shown "significant potential" in early trials.

It is a treatment made of "nanobodies", small, simpler versions of antibodies, which llamas and camels produce naturally in response to infection.

Once the therapy has been tested in humans, scientists say, it could be given as a simple nasal spray - to treat and even prevent early infection.

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Apparently, the only significant side effect to the treatment is an overwhelming desire to spit on people if they get too close.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58628689

[e90m3]

@ttyymmnn Does this mean we don't have to use ivermectin anymore? Asking for a friend.

(and I'm kidding, I've been fully vaccinated for 5 months now)

[Qaaaaa]

@ttyymmnn said in Covid Llamas?:

Apparently, the only significant side effect to the treatment is an overwhelming desire to spit on people if they get too close.

Can't be a side effect if I was already like that

[DipodomysDeserti]

@ttyymmnn “ Prof Naismith told BBC News: "The immune system is so marvellous that it still does better than we can - evolution is hard to beat."

Hmmmmm, who’da thought?

[Skyfire77]

@ttyymmnn said in Covid Llamas?:

an overwhelming desire to spit on people if they get too close.

As long as they don't splice in dino DNA I don't see a problem...

[Highlander]

@ttyymmnn COVID cure for $2,000? Those government spies have not been honest with us.
https://www.openherd.com/animal.aspx?id=3932293&spid=4&title=perfection-wrlr

[MybirdIStheword]

@ttyymmnn mutant llama hybrid apocalypse sounds pretty interesting at least. Sign me up.

[ttyymmnn]

@mybirdistheword

We'd all have really nice fur.

[kiltedpadre]

@ttyymmnn What you call a side effect I call something I’ve wanted to do on a regular basis since long before COVID.

[ForSweden]

tired: vaccines
wired: llamas

[kiltedpadre]

@mybirdistheword Does that mean the movie Tank Girl was a prophesy?

[nickhasanexocet]

@e90m3 said in Covid Llamas?:

@ttyymmnn Does this mean we don't have to use ivermectin anymore? Asking for a friend.

(and I'm kidding, I've been fully vaccinated for 5 months now)

Being vaccinated doesn't mean you won't need treatment since the vaccine is less effective over time and against new mutations. Developing safe and easy treatments also means less reliance on a single thing and lower risk should a mutation make another treatment not work. Treatments effectively lower the r-not number of a virus by reducing time infected and viral load. That's a great thing.

[MybirdIStheword]

@kiltedpadre nah that was genetically engineered kangaroo supersoldiers. Similar, but different.

[kiltedpadre]

@mybirdistheword I thought they were kangaroos but wasn’t sure. Regardless I couldn’t pass up sharing Ice-T as a weird animal hybrid.

[MybirdIStheword]

@kiltedpadre going to get the furries all riled up lol