On: Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune respon...

[axegon_]

At 1077, this is indeed a promising result. I genuinely hope this isn't yet another marketing stunt(of which we've seen a lot lately). Mind you,

> The vaccine - called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - is being developed at unprecedented speed.

Seriously? Did they ask a 9 year old to pick a nickname?

[bagpuss → axegon_]

Chimpanzee Adenovirus Oxford type 1

the 'nickname' follows a standard nomenclature for this kind of thing.

Chadox does sound like a new brand of underarm deodorant though

[ArgyleSound → axegon_]

Lol, it stands for Chimpanzee Adenovirus Oxford. Not too unconventional a name.

[Rexxar → axegon_]

My first thought when I saw the name : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Shadoks

[lifeisstillgood → Rexxar]

>> "When one tries continuously, one ends up succeeding. Thus, the more one fails, the greater the chance that it will work."

Philosophy of French '60s cartoon birds eerily similar to modern software development methodologies