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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExperimental COVID-19 Vaccine Jump-Starts Immune System, Scientists Say
07/14/2020 05:47 pm ET
The promising vaccine, developed by Dr. Anthony Faucis colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., was the first tested in the U.S.
The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up peoples immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday ― as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.
No matter how you slice this, this is good news, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. governments top infectious disease expert, told The Associated Press.
The experimental vaccine, developed by Faucis colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.
But Tuesday, researchers reported anxiously awaited findings from the first 45 volunteers who rolled up their sleeves back in March. Sure enough, the vaccine provided a hoped-for immune boost.
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Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Jump-Starts Immune System, Scientists Say (Original Post)
LiberalArkie
Jul 2020
OP
But how long are those trials going to take and how many more before it can be mass produced?
jorgevlorgan
Jul 2020
#1
Production of some vaccines has already begun (Oxford?) to have it ready when trials succeed. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2020
#5
If this still shows promise during Phase 3, they will start ramping up production even if trial is
OrlandoDem2
Jul 2020
#6
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)1. But how long are those trials going to take and how many more before it can be mass produced?
I imagine it will still take a long time before we can access this vaccine, but still might be far earlier than originally expected. That sounds like good news!
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)4. Months.
If we're lucky and trials go well, we might be looking at early next year.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)5. Production of some vaccines has already begun (Oxford?) to have it ready when trials succeed. nt
OrlandoDem2
(2,072 posts)6. If this still shows promise during Phase 3, they will start ramping up production even if trial is
incomplete.
The trick is getting it out to 300M ppl.
Lets hope the Biden administration is in power because Trump will screw it up.
LiberalArkie
(15,735 posts)7. If trump is still in power they will call it the T-Virus
triron
(22,030 posts)2. Sounds like this is the University of Colorado hospital's clinical trial's vaccine.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)3. These vaccines are all being promoted as promising with less than a years worth of testing on humans