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03-17-2020 03:29 PM
So, the first experimental vaccine has been given, not to see if it's effective against the virus, but to see if it's safe.
I sure wouldn't want to be the experimental person.
Would you?
03-17-2020 03:31 PM
@QueenDanceALot wrote:So, the first experimental vaccine has been given, not to see if it's effective against the virus, but to see if it's safe.
I sure wouldn't want to be the experimental person.
Would you?
Definitely not. I wonder what the renumeration is for the guinea pig?
03-17-2020 03:48 PM
I’ve participated in two experimental drug studies. Both drugs are now on the market.
No remunerations.
03-17-2020 03:56 PM
I read where it is being tried out in Seattle, which was the city hardest hit in the US!
03-17-2020 04:00 PM
That's a very brave person. I'm grateful to them. Little acts of heroism like this are what we need right now.
03-17-2020 04:01 PM
@Hooty wrote:I read where it is being tried out in Seattle, which was the city hardest hit in the US!
I would do it , but I am over the Age limit they were using for the study.
03-17-2020 04:08 PM
@SeaMaiden wrote:
@Hooty wrote:I read where it is being tried out in Seattle, which was the city hardest hit in the US!
I would do it , but I am over the Age limit they were using for the study.
@SeaMaiden same here or I'd do it too.
03-17-2020 04:25 PM
I am concerned that animal testing (or should I say non-human testing) is not being done by at least one of the companies rushing to produce the first vaccine to make it to the finish line, and I suspect this is due to greed. I am concerned that Moderna (one of the companies rushing to bring a vaccine to market) has only tested 4 people with their vaccine, allegedly, and there are supposed to be 45 healthy people enrolled in their initial safety trial. Will this company go forward with their vaccine if only 4 people have volunteered to test it? Considering the known possibility of "vaccine enhancement" (or more severe lung infilltration by the virus) which is what has kept a prior coronavirus vaccine from being approved, and for the work on the vaccine to have been abandoned, I am very concerned that vaccine experts are extremely concerned (Offit, Fauci, and Hotez) about the potential for a new coronavirus vaccine that has bypassed proper animal testing to make a person sicker with coronavirus than someone who did not receive a vaccine against it. I am concerned that at least two of the companies trying to make a vaccine have never successfully brought a vaccine of any type to the marketplace.
In short, I think we all need to be concerned.
03-17-2020 04:37 PM
I'd rather human volunteers than animals who have no say in the matter.
03-17-2020 04:43 PM
I think we are the first country to test it.
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