I was thinking about the IPV vaccine but good point most of them aren't even inactive viruses anymore. That would be a wicked job go to a tropical rainforest and explore while getting paid for it. Sounds like a good doc I'll have to give er a watch.Actually ;Pompus the vaccines are mRNA.
Great movie on this ... 12 Monkeys. I didn't know it but the best vaccines are made from the original virus. In the movie the quest was to try and find a sample of the original, so they could make a "real" vaccine.
Sorry for your loss its really hard when they go that way. My mother passed from liver failure and she was in a similar state before passing so I can relate to how hard that is. I would not want my fish spending their whole lives essentially immunocomprimised and worry constantly about letting anything in.N.Sreefer, Yes, I have been putting up with this since we were doing it on Paper magazines. Virtually all those people are out of the hobby now but they constantly pop up and in the beginning of their "debate" it is kind of fun sparring with them. I realize it is hard to grasp the concept of immune fish but then, I have a 50 year old tank to prove it.
None of them of course will have an old tank because so far, there are none and I don't think it could happen very often if at all. I truly believe fish need exposure to parasites at least occasionally or the tank is doomed eventually. The longer fish live with no immunity, the more likely something will get in and kill everything .
A few weeks ago one of my closest, life long friends died of cancer. He had to have his immune system totally eradicated to try to eliminate the cancer. For a year he lived like that. He couldn't go out or be near anyone because the slightest thing would kill him. He was in constant pain and spent the last 3 months suffering in the hospital because the pain was to severe for him to come home.
I want my fish to live a long, normal life and that includes being fully immune to everything.
Of course a new tank won't work like that and a different set of rules apply.
I always said that a Noob should not use my method at first but can and should use parts of it. The food part.
Remember this "method" is not new. When this hobby started this was the only method. I was there. When someone invented the internet, new methods emerged that should be scrutinized.
If a fish dies of anything besides old age, you are doing it wrong.