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Like many, when I heard about Folding@HOME and how I could contribute to the fight against COVID, I put my hardware to work. Now that's it has been a while, what effect did those projects ultimately have on the outcome? Did it actually help with the creation of vaccines, or was it effectively just a massive waste of energy?

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[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 1 points 1 year ago

Here's a video from Dr. David Barker, who leads the Rosetta@Home project, describing how that project's computing has helped COVID research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODEIN5V3yLg