Posted on 03/24/2020 9:14:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An image circulated on social media makes the claim that a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19) has been approved in Israel ( here ) The image, posted on Facebook on March 14, 2020, makes the further claim that the vaccine is already being mass produced and should soon be available in the U.S. for distribution.
“A vaccine for CoronaVirus has just been approved in Israel. It is being produced in hundreds of thousands as we speak and expected to be in the US within 14 days!”
It is true that scientists at Israel’s Institute for Biological Research—a civilian organization formerly under the Defense Ministry—are soon expected to announce the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus, but this process might require many months of trials and experiments before it is deemed safe and effective, as reported by Haaretz ( here ). Manfred Green, a former vaccine evaluator for Israel’s Health Ministry warned that a proper vaccine development process could take up to 18 months. Green told The Times of Israel, that it could be “very risky” to rush this process, ( here ).
Last month, the state-funded Migal Galilee Research Institute also announced a breakthrough in the development of a vaccine for the new coronavirus( rb.gy/3rdzow ). Their rapid progress was credited to four years of previous research focused on the development of a vaccine effective against an avian coronavirus affecting poultry that could be adapted to counter other viruses, including COVID-19. In March, the research team leader clarified that the 90-day time frame mentioned in their statement referred to the point at which the product would be ready for human-testing, not production;( here ).
It is therefore false that a coronavirus vaccine approved in Israel is already being produced at a mass scale.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
In the U.S., a coronavirus vaccine trial has given a dose to its first participant(here ). The study, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and conducted in the Kaiser Permanente Health Research Institute in Seattle is currently testing whether the vaccine is safe for human use. Participants will receive two doses 28 days apart and be monitored for a year after the second shot.
In China, researchers at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences recently received approval to launch early-stage clinical trials of the potential vaccine starting this week, as reported by state media ( here ).
U.S. drug maker Pfizer has meanwhile signed a deal with Germany's BioNTech to co-develop a potential vaccine for the coronavirus. The two companies will start the collaboration immediately and have signed a letter of intent for the vaccine's distribution outside of China. The companies said they will finalize financial terms, and details regarding development, manufacturing and potential commercialization of the vaccine over the next few weeks ( here ).
According to the (World Health Organization) WHO, there is still currently no specific medicine recommended to help prevent or treat the new coronavirus( here ).
nice to see dangerous lies like that on social media being debunked by semi-reputable media sources ...
It takes up to a year to two to get a vaccine to market.
Work on the polio vaccine took years before it was finally released.
No magic bullet exists to fighting the coronavirus.
Dr. Roger Seheult, Pulmonologist and Associate Professor at UC-Riverside, explains exactly how Hydroxychloroquine allows Zinc to penetrate infected cells to prevent the Covid-19 virus from replicating.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M&feature=share
Reuters and Haaretz. Always “verify” their stories. Both are leftist and often anti-American.
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