Posted on 11/27/2014 11:41:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Trials of a vaccine against Ebola show that it is safe and able to trigger an immune response against the virus
In the first results from tests on an experimental Ebola vaccine, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) report for the first time Wednesday that the shot is safe and that it leads to an immune response among healthy volunteers. The vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline, was tested in 20 participants in the US at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda.
“This tells us that this is kind of a positive signal about moving to the next stage,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID.
The vaccine is meant to protect uninfected people from Ebola, and, if effective, would be tested next in populations in high-risk areas such as west Africa, where the outbreak is ongoing, to immunize them against the virus. It does not contain live Ebola virus, but does contain snippets of its protein coat, just enough to alert the immune system to produce antibodies and immune cells that can recognize and destroy any live viruses that people might eventually encounter. The pieces of Ebola protein are introduced to the body via another virus, one related to the common cold that infects chimps.
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no offense but i will remain skeptical that in such a short period of time it is a “safe” vaccine.
I can now get my shot without fear of sudden death...cool
No thank you. . .I’ll continue trying to be more health conscious, take my silver biotics and asap gel and spray my hands with biosense.
“introduced to the body via another virus, one related to the common cold that infects chimps.”
Hmmmmmm!
What ever happened to evaluating long term effects and possible bad reactions with other drugs? Could it cause Ebola to mutate into something even worse?
Nobody is in charge of common sense any more.
just remember govt mandates and lawsuit waivers make vaccine makers a lot of money.
Could it evolve into something worse? Zombies?
Right now the vaccine would only be used in the areas of outbreaks to stop the spread, in that case a more rapid development is called for.
Agree. Ebola has been around for a very long time. How come all of a sudden BAM! They have a vaccine that works?
I’ll steer clear of the vaccine and the disease.
HELL NO Im not letting the government inject me with anything. Collodial Silver works just find against Ebola.
How will it be known if a person in a “high-risk” area isn’t already immune?
oh, good, now we can have mandatory ebola vaccinations.
The people who should get the vaccine before anyone else are the doctors and nurses working on the frontline in Africa.
So they can produce just enough for the Klown and his cronies before they really start letting Ebola in!
You should publish a paper about your results.
appears safe....
there by definition of TIME, there are precisely zero long term studies to prove that statement.
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