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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,658 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 03:11 PM Apr 2020

A potential coronavirus vaccine funded by Bill Gates is set to begin testing in people

with the first patient expected to get it today

A small Pennsylvania biotech company is planning to start injecting healthy volunteers with a potential coronavirus vaccine, after receiving regulatory clearance to start clinical testing.

Researchers plan to dose the first person Monday. The experimental vaccine was developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals, with the effort receiving funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

Inovio's candidate, called INO-4800, is the second potential coronavirus vaccine to start human trials in the US. The Massachusetts biotech Moderna started dosing in mid-March for its own safety trial.

Anthony Fauci, the longtime leader of the National Institutes of Health's infectious disease unit, has repeatedly stated it will take at least a year to know if any vaccine is safe and effective against the virus.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/a-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-funded-by-bill-gates-is-set-to-begin-testing-in-people-with-the-first-patient-expected-to-get-it-today/ar-BB12e01f?li=BBnb7Kz
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A potential coronavirus vaccine funded by Bill Gates is set to begin testing in people (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
evil billionaires strike again. I know one politician who will never take this vaccine lol nt msongs Apr 2020 #1
There may be hope then, right? Jamastiene Apr 2020 #2
Hope in 2021 JCMach1 Apr 2020 #3
Gates is funding, like, five of the top vaccine candidates Brother Buzz Apr 2020 #4
Smart move. n/t Jamastiene Apr 2020 #5
Here's the skinny. William Henry Gates is WAY ahead of the curve Brother Buzz Apr 2020 #7
Good to hear. nt crickets Apr 2020 #6
On the one hand, it's good news, though we know altruism feeds capitalism. ancianita Apr 2020 #8

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
2. There may be hope then, right?
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 03:22 PM
Apr 2020

Why are they saying it could take a year? Is that because the trials will take that long to prove if they are effective or not?

Brother Buzz

(36,356 posts)
7. Here's the skinny. William Henry Gates is WAY ahead of the curve
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 03:31 PM
Apr 2020

On edit: He addresses the funding at 17:40....and he's funding the top SEVEN, not five. Expedition is the operative word.

ancianita

(35,915 posts)
8. On the one hand, it's good news, though we know altruism feeds capitalism.
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:52 PM
Apr 2020

... a few more months for testing...

... a few months after that for mass production ...

... all the pandemic logistics "problems" will be figured out by then, so the leftover immunized herd can fire up the realreal economy so billionaires can get back to doing what they do best: devalue, overwork, tax, and destroy Earthlings and Earth for profit.

And have privatized education ready for future younguns. Got to keep the "market values" tradition alive cuz the children are the future.

Back to "life."

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