Posted on 04/27/2020 8:37:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The University of Oxford's Jenner Institute made waves last week when U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock announced a team is starting trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine of which there could be a million doses by September, which is, in vaccine terms, incredibly fast.
There's still a long way to go before determining if the vaccine is viable, but The New York Times reports there's promising news that it may be both safe and effective.
Scientists at the National Institute of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana tested the Oxford vaccine on six rhesus macaques monkeys. The monkeys were exposed to heavy quantities of the coronavirus, an amount that had previously sickened other monkeys in the lab, before receiving a single dose of the vaccine.
More than four weeks later all six monkeys were healthy, Dr. Vincent Munster, the researcher who conducted the test, told the Times. That doesn't mean it will work the same way in humans, but Munster noted the rhesus macaque is "pretty much the closest thing we have to humans," so the results are at least promising.
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This sounds pretty good.
As long as Bill Gates isn’t involved in this, I would agree that it’s indeed promising.
“reportedly”
“promising news that it *MAY* be both safe and effective”
“tested on an entire “six rhesus macaques monkeys”
yep. if it’s maybe safe and maybe effective on six monkeys I’m all in! where can i sign up to get my shot?
Dr. Vincent Munster
Agreed. These Oxford guys. The gang at U of Pitt or the crew from Washington State. Gates ??? No way he should make a nickel from this, not him of his Chihese partners.
Well, The rhesus macaque is pretty much the closest thing we have to humans. While Immunity in monkeys is no guarantee that a vaccine will provide the same degree of protection for humans, it is the latest indication that Oxford’s accelerated venture is emerging as a bellwether.
Interesting. So nobody knows if naturally acquired immunity is protective and long lasting against coronavirus yet we’re supposed to believe that artificially acquired immunity is the only thing that will save us. How does that work?
First question: who is funding it?
India is going with it.
Was one of the monkeys named Caesar?
I'm guessing they have reason to believe that the presence of antibodies does indicate at least some immunity...the amount and the shelf-life of the immunity will determine the potential efficacy of any vaccines...I say, even if none actually work very well, hand them out like any other placebo so folks stop panicking and just get on with life.
...nobody knows if naturally acquired immunity is protective and long lasting against coronavirus yet we’re supposed to believe that artificially acquired immunity is the only thing that will save us.
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Agree.
I did as much research as my non-educated brain could comprehend and there appears to be so many layers to the human immune system that at least some immunity is conferred with survival from infection.
WHO and the rest are banking on mutations and perhaps the retroviral component of COVID19 to prevent total, life-long immunity. Our current flu shots aren’t vaccines. They are attempts to provoke enough antibody response to limit severity.
So, the perps can have their cake and eat it,too. They also get to provoke anxiety and discord.
“I say, even if none actually work very well, hand them out like any other placebo so folks stop panicking and just get on with li”
LOL!
a lot like the flu vaccine for the years they guess wrong ...
Yep - one of the reasons I stopped polluting my system with the Flu “let’s see how close we came this year” vaccines.
“Yep - one of the reasons I stopped polluting my system with the Flu “let’s see how close we came this year” vaccines.”
i still take ‘em but now take Flublok, which is made with recombinant DNA technology, not egg-grown, and is single-dose, so is quite pure compared to egg-grown vaccines, containing no antibiotics, preservatives, or egg-proteins.
Just did a quick search of it - seems to have the same efficacy and side effects of the rest of the stuff out there.
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