1000 volunteers needed for covid 19 vaccine trial in Colorado.

[triron]

https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-trial-colorado/73-0cae1998-1b11-40ad-9730-7fa0f15a12ac

Recruitment will run about 2 months.

[Shermann]

1. We really should be doing challenge trials instead of these

Half the population is completely undaunted by the virus.

Have them line up and get vaccinated and then exposed. And then maybe get a check. IF they live.

Win win.

Otherwise I'm just not seeing the sense of urgency you would expect here.

[triron]

2. You're kidding, right?

[Shermann]

4. Yes and no

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/coronavirus-vaccine-fda-353088

[triron]

5. So? Don't see your point. Sorry. Why not a little optimism?

[Shermann]

6. Colorado has 35K cases with a population of 5.7M

That's .6%. So to extrapolate to the 1000 volunteers, you would expect 6 to get infected naturally. That is statistically not a usable number and isn't going to work. This doesn't reflect the sense of urgency and sacrifice you would expect with a nation being on a war footing trying to protect the economy and 330M.

[Ohio Joe]

3. Nope...

Sorry but this is a whole new method for vaccines and I think they are rushing to human trials way to fast. I think i'll wait for the traditional one.