Volunteer in AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial dies in Brazil (NBC)

[Mike 03]

Source; NBCNews
Oct. 21, 2020, 10:40 AM MST
By Sara G. Miller

A volunteer in AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine trial has died in Brazil, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Anvisa, Brazil's health authority, received information from an investigation into the death.

AstraZeneca's phase 3 clinical trial was put on hold in early September after a study participant in the United Kingdom developed a spinal cord injury. The trials have since resumed in the U.K. as well as in Brazil, though they remain on hold in the U.S.

The vaccine candidate is being developed with the University of Oxford.

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/volunteer-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trial-dies-brazil-n1244166

Oh shit.

[LisaL]

1. Yikes.

AstraZeneca's trail was stopped twice. As far as I can tell, both people developed inflammation of the spinal cord.
The first one was believed to be unrelated as it turned out that person was diagnosed with MS. Not sure about the second one.
What did the third guy die from?

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2. The person that died had received the placebo, per Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2762MO