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University of Maryland begins testing COVID-19 vaccine on volunteers ages 18-85
WJLA Abc 7 ^ | Tuesday, May 5th 2020 | by Lesly Salazar, Brad Bell

Posted on 05/06/2020 4:09:37 AM PDT by cba123

A vaccine to fight against the deadly new coronavirus is being injected into volunteers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Unlike most vaccines, this one does not inject virus proteins into the body.

Researchers are studying the safety, efficacy, and dosing of the experimental mRNA- based vaccine as part of a multicenter study in the U.S. and Germany.

The first recipient was a doctoral candidate named David Rach. He didn’t flinch when he got the shot and he didn’t hesitate to sign up for the trial.

“We have the coronavirus pandemic spreading around the world at the moment our hospitals are being overwhelmed our most vulnerable are dying and the quickest easiest way out of this mess is a vaccine,” Rach explained.

The research, funded by Pfizer, involves four different versions of a vaccine given in varying doses to about 90 people.

The initial stage will include up to 360 participants, but in Baltimore, up to 90 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 85 will participate.

(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid19
Ok, this sounds like a good start.

:)

1 posted on 05/06/2020 4:09:37 AM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123

https://wjla.com/amp/news/coronavirus/university-maryland-testing-covid-19-vaccine


2 posted on 05/06/2020 4:10:01 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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Sounds interesting. Too bad with today’s “journalists” they lack the mental skill to know how to actually write an informative article. I got to the section in the article titled “how does it work”. They pretty much wrote, you get two injections and hope it works.

Somehow with mRNA involved, I was hoping for a bit more depth on the answer, because if mRNA is involved, this is not your father’s flu shot.


3 posted on 05/06/2020 4:26:49 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The real virus is the MSM)
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To: cba123

was this designed by Fauxi, or Gates, or Soros? or Xi?

is it not time for some transparency given the
PLANNEDEMIC and the roles of some going back
years planning this?


4 posted on 05/06/2020 4:27:25 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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For God’s sake don’t let them have any Vitamin C, It only has a 80 year track record of being used by forward thinking Board Certified doctors to SUCCESSFULLY treat viruses without side effects.

Lets inject them with some lab made retrovirus contaminated concoction with a dismal documented history of being the causative agent of all sorts of serious human illness.

That’s the ticket!


5 posted on 05/06/2020 4:28:44 AM PDT by Captain7seas (UN EXIT!)
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I’m not interested in getting this test. You could possibly be put on a list that would be similar to 666. I don’t care what you call me,just call me.


6 posted on 05/06/2020 4:36:45 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: cba123

I’m guessing this is a dumb question, but I’ll ask anyway. How will they know if it works? Do the volunteers inhale the virus after they receive the vaccine?


7 posted on 05/06/2020 4:43:06 AM PDT by RealVirginia
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To: Flick Lives

They couldn’t write an intelligent in-depth article on any subject of semi complexity.

They have neither the technical background nor the work ethic to have the knowledge wisdom or research abilities. They’re basically just paid to write down someone else’s opinion or their bosses opinions


8 posted on 05/06/2020 4:51:22 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Open up America! Enough! COMMUNISM was and IS the problem Boycott China)
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First we hear Alcohol may prevent the virus...now research suggests the opposite. Then we are told heat and humidity have no effect but Wait...Direct sunlight might quickly kill the virus.

SO if you see me standing in the front yard naked and drunk...Leave me Alone....I’m conducting Important medical Research!


9 posted on 05/06/2020 4:59:12 AM PDT by Valin
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To: Flick Lives

I say we use the vaccine tests on politicians pushing it first


10 posted on 05/06/2020 5:07:11 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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How about using professors from the gender studies and social justice programs.


11 posted on 05/06/2020 5:10:14 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: HighSierra5
I’m not interested in getting this test. You could possibly be put on a list that would be similar to 666. I don’t care what you call me,just call me.

This isn’t a diagnostic test. It’s a study being undertaken to see if mRNA is an effective vaccine in preventing the virus from causing disease.

12 posted on 05/06/2020 5:13:02 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: RealVirginia
I’m guessing this is a dumb question, but I’ll ask anyway. How will they know if it works? Do the volunteers inhale the virus after they receive the vaccine?

it is a population based study involving multiple international medical centers. Lots of cases are needed for this kind of study. The results will attempt to compare how many people contract the disease who have received the vaccine versus how many contract the disease without having received it. So, it’s obviously going to take quite some time and there will need to be an agreed upon rate of disease in the non vaccinated population. Not that easy a study to do but certainly worth the time and effort.

13 posted on 05/06/2020 5:19:31 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Article authors are victims of the new math level of schooling. Totally unprepared for life after all those years of schooling.


14 posted on 05/06/2020 5:27:23 AM PDT by chopperk
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Which strain are they testing for and vaccinating against?

There are currently 15 known strains and you would need a vaccine for each.


15 posted on 05/06/2020 6:05:17 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Which strain are they testing for and vaccinating against?

There are currently 15 known strains and you would need a vaccine for each.
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No, you wouldn’t need vaccines for each. All the variants share the same “spike protein receptor binding domains” which the virus uses to latch on the ACE2 receptors on the target human cells. That critical area has not been among the parts of the virus that are mutating.

One vaccine can work for all —- for now, not necessarily forever.


16 posted on 05/06/2020 2:45:31 PM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS CERTAINLY A PRETEXT)
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