Vaccine Pills? - Seriously, where are they?

[Kyururu-kun]

So, if we can take probiotics and we can get virus and bacterial infections from things we eat, and we know how to edit the inside of bacteria/viruses to allow them to carry a custom payload, then why aren't there vaccine pills yet that we can just swallow painlessly instead of having to get jabbed by a needle?

 

[Larkin N Likin]

None of your business goy

 

[break these cuffs]

Stomach acid is strong enough to destroy the nanoswarm.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

Logistics.
Storing the virus in liquid pills would be a pain in the ass compared to just storing them in a vial until ready.

Its also more direct to get it into the bloodstream rather than the gut.

 

[salvuserit]

Stomach acid is strong enough to destroy the nanoswarm.

make it a suppository uwu

 

[Daughter of Cernunnos]

I think some vaccines for animals are given orally mixed with feed and so is the live polio vaccine.

 

[Kyururu-kun]

I think some vaccines for animals are given orally mixed with feed and so is the live polio vaccine.

So since cheetos was originally animal feed, then where's my vaccinated cheetos lmao

 

[Penis Drager]

The prospect of edible vaccines is something that's being worked on. But rather than a pill, it's food.
The tomato seems to be the most heavily studied candidate for this use.

An edible vaccine for malaria using transgenic tomatoes of varying sizes, shapes and colors to carry different antigens - PubMed

Malaria, a disease caused by protozoan parasites of genus Plasmodium, is one of the world's biggest scourges. Over two billion individuals reside in the malaria endemic areas and the disease affects 300-500 million people annually. As a result of malarial-infection, an estimated three million...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Pepito The Cat]

You seem to be putting viruses and bacterial infections in the same bag. They're not the same thing by a long shot. It's like comparing leeches to elephants.

Here's a kid's site that will answer your question:

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www.wonderopolis.org

 

[SiccDicc]

They already have oral vaccines, it's just a droplet in the mouth and done. Bill Gates paralyzed 40k Indian children with them.