There is one question constantly running in my mind: how were COVID-19 vaccines discovered in a very short time span, but Herpes did not find its way even after years of painstaking research?
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1Have you looked at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_research#Vaccine_research ?– FizzDec 28, 2020 at 16:08
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Two things that come to mind:
- Unlike COVID-19, the herpes virus does not completely shut down society. So there's much more incentive and hence funding to finding a vaccine for COVID-19.
- We already have researched (but not completed) vaccines for other corona-type diseases like SARS and MERS, and luckily this knowledge helped in accelerating the process of finding a vaccine for COVID-19. See e.g. the recently published article 'Coronavirus vaccine development: from SARS and MERS to COVID-19'.
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I edited your answer to clarify. The way you wrote it made it sound you were saying there was more incentive/funding for a herpes virus.– BrenBarnDec 31, 2020 at 8:41