Posted on 07/06/2020 9:45:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
China's Sinovac Biotech is starting Phase III trials of its potential coronavirus vaccine in Brazil, it said on Monday, becoming one of three companies to move into the late stages in the race to develop an inoculation against the disease.
It follows a fast-track approval for the trials by Brazilian regulators last week.
Sinovac said the study, which will be done in partnership with Brazilian vaccine producer the Instituto Butantan, would recruit nearly 9,000 healthcare professionals working in COVID-19 specialised facilities and start this month.
AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, and China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) are the only other candidates in late-stage Phase III trials.
Moderna also plans to start its late-stage trial this month.
Sinovac initiated the development of the vaccine candidate in late January and is preparing a coronavirus vaccine plant, which it hopes will be ready this year and capable of making up to 100 million shots a year.
Phase I and Phase II trials typically test the safety of a drug before it enters Phase III trials that test its efficacy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says there are 19 vaccine trials in clinical evaluation and hundreds being developed and tested around the world to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and ravaged the global economy.
No COVID-19 vaccine has yet been approved for commercial use. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis last year found that about one in three vaccines in the first stage of testing later gains approval.
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There are many Guinea pigs in Brazil. Lots of people, too.
India is looking to start using a vaccine on August 15th:
https://theprint.in/health/all-about-bharat-biotechs-covaxin-indias-first-indigenous-covid-vaccine-candidate/455028/
Clearly people have no idea what a bad vaccine can do to you. A vaccine is like a pointer dog that tells your immune cells to shoot at a type of cell based on its RNA. If the vaccine looks to similar to any type of your own cells, your immune system will attack your own cells. This often causes death, or horrible heath issues. So, let fools try those new vaccines, especially the Chinese ones. Its too dangerous to just sign up for this one.
I see dead people
Yeah we don’t want people saying the truth :)
If you’re SO SO TERRIBLY AFRAID of this virus, live in the desert with no one near you for hundreds of miles. Get your supplies once a month.
Because honest, I’m tired of some people on this board harping over this virus like it was the black death.
They need to get some b.lls or get out more. Or both.
And stop acting like little girls.
It’s embarrassing to the board.
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