Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government -- one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.

There’s still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will really protect.

The needed proof: Volunteers won’t know if they’re getting the real shot or a dummy version. After two doses, scientists will closely track which group experiences more infections as they go about their daily routines, especially in areas where the virus still is spreading unchecked.

“Unfortunately for the United States of America, we have plenty of infections right now” to get that answer, NIH’s Dr. Anthony Fauci recently told The Associated Press.



FILE - This March 16, 2020 file photo shows vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine test got underway Monday, July 27 with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers. The experimental vaccine is made by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., and it's one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)


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[Dios Mio]

1. Hopefully

trump doesn’t get involved and push through a product inferior to the promising vaccine being developed by Oxford researchers. Supposedly it has two distinct mechanisms of actions. We only have one shot at this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. tRump will claim credit especially if it is approved before Nov 3. Expect enormous pressure. . . . n

[mysteryowl]

3. I remain hopeful that a country other than the US develops the vaccine,

that way it won't cost thousands of dollar per dose.

[angrychair]

4. Never

From the article:

created by the U.S. government

Anything created in connection to this administration is poison and I'm not drinking trump's koolaid.

If it's been tested and certified by the EU than I will trust it but I will trust absolutely nothing that comes out of this administration

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Me neither

[Coventina]

5. Vaya con Dios

Volunteers!

I have to say, I would not be one of those volunteers.

[Progressive dog]

6. Other vaccines are already scheduled to be tested

But the U.S. requires its own tests of any vaccine that might be used in the country and has set a high bar: Every month through fall, the government-funded COVID-19 Prevention Network will roll out a new study of a leading candidate -- each one with 30,000 newly recruited volunteers.

Next up in August, the final U.S. study of the Oxford shot begins, followed by plans to test a candidate from Johnson & Johnson in September and Novavax in October -- if all goes according to schedule. Pfizer Inc. plans its own 30,000-person study this summer.

[SergeStorms]

8. Trump has shown a willingness to let people die...

how much of a willingness do you think he'd display if there were a chance of garnering more votes in November? I'll do a shitload (an accepted scientific term) of research before I'll depend on this vaccine to keep me safe, you can bet your bippy on that!