Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial starts Monday
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official.
The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine on Monday, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the trial has not been publicly announced yet. The National Institutes of Health is funding the trial, which is taking place at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, the official said.
Public health officials say it will take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine.
Testing will begin with 45 young, healthy volunteers with different doses of shots co-developed by NIH and Moderna Inc. Theres no chance participants could get infected from the shots, because they dont contain the virus itself. The goal is purely to check that the vaccines show no worrisome side effects, setting the stage for larger tests.
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Squinch
(51,004 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)I was getting excited
traladeda
(48 posts)I don't believe anything that comes from this administration. If history is any guide, the truth is entirely the opposite.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)Undoubtedly he thought he'd be first in line because he's so important to the continued working of the universe.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)Looks like everything is being fast-tracked as far as trials, approval, etc.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)They have skipped animal trials to fast track human trials.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)This is a DNA-based vaccine, iirc.
eilen
(4,950 posts)theoretically have some effectiveness. So I am glad they are making some progress but this is very preliminary.
There will likely be many different studies.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid19-repurposed-treatments-drugs