Oh I saw this movie!
Posted on 02/25/2020 2:36:04 PM PST by Lazamataz
Human trials testing a potential vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus are expected to begin in six weeks, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
“We are on time at least and maybe even a little bit better,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, told reporters at a press conference. “Hopefully, no further glitches.”
The White House reportedly asked Congress on Monday for $1.25 billion , including money to develop a vaccine and therapeutics to treat the virus. The National Institutes of Health has been working with biotech company Moderna to develop a vaccine using the current strain of the coronavirus. Hopes to get a vaccine to market are high, but doctors want expectations to be low for how quickly it can happen. Developing, testing and reviewing any potential vaccine is a long, complex and expensive endeavor that could take months or even years, global health experts say. Before researchers can begin human trials, they must have a firm understanding of the pathogen, run safety tests and find enough human volunteers.
U.S. health officials are fast-tracking work on a coronavirus vaccine.
Fauci said Tuesday that the potential vaccine has so far been put into mice and is “immunogenic,” or triggers a response in the immune system, suggesting it could fight the virus.
“The gene has been expressed in the platform, in this case, a messenger RNA. The material has been produced, it’s been put into mice. It’s immunogenic,” he said. “It’s now getting ready to go through the regulatory issues of getting it to go.”
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A little glimmer of hope...
Hi, kiddo. Nice to see you.
A person can make good money being a lab test subject.
Good to see you’re still around. You always make me laugh.
Hey baby! I hope we make it through this; I’m reasonably prepped. Could I be prepped more? Of course. But I’m reasonable.
I volunteer Laz as a trial participant.
So everyone start juicing and doing cardio!
You all want to be in top shape! Only the best will
be selected at the trials.
You must register before March 2nd and book your place for these trials,
walk-ons will be firmly rejected.
We look forward to seeing you ALL!
The speed of this is incredible.
Assuming it pans out, of course.
I hear you, sweetie. :)
Bean counter time. How many Chicom deaths before we can save them from themselves. Do they really want all their people safe?
Yeah I’m not taking it.
Who wants to be the first guinea pig?
Oh I saw this movie!
Indeed. They had it genetically-sequenced in weeks, something that used to take months.
The bureaucracy and companies with find a way to slow this down to milk billions of dollars first. Since there are few publicly acknowledged infected people in the US, there is no urgency to confirm and approve a vaccine so quickly.
Good question.
It's astonishing to me they could cobble together something so quickly, and I'm sure 'cobble' probably isn't the right word (this is science!). But I don't think we have years. God, please don't let it be years.
I give the CDC (who is involved in this) and other agencies great credit.
My view on vaccines is very straightforward—I want everyone _else_ to take them. ;-)
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