I had a feeling somebody will come up with a solution sooner than expected. I just didn't know it was going to be the local boys: https://triblive.com/local/pittsbur...uld-be-fast-tracked-after-key-animal-testing/ "A potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus causing the covid-19 outbreak has been created in a University of Pittsburgh lab. Researchers say the first phase of human clinical trials — which would include healthy volunteers in the Pittsburgh area — could start in the coming months. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced Thursday that the vaccine, when tested in mice, produces antibodies specific to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that could be enough to fight off the virus. Testing the vaccine in mice doesn’t guarantee efficacy in humans." For the history buffs: ", Falo invoked Pitt’s own Jonas Salk — the medical pioneer whose team developed the world’s first effective polio vaccine in 1955." Even if this thing doesn't work out: "At least 50 other potential vaccine candidates are in development worldwide, and two candidates — one developed by researchers in Beijing, the other by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna and the U.S. National Institutes of Health — have proceeded to clinical trials, according to a tally kept by the World Health Organization."
Keep in mind there are multiple phases to a proper vaccine trial. This is great news but we are still 8-18 months from viability under the assumption it passes each phase flawlessly.
No offense Pekelo, but as you point out, there's likely a dozen trials at this point. While good news, how's the timeline any different than others? Maybe I'm being lazy but I don't necessarily see the difference from others "saving the world".
I disagree. I bet by September we will have a vaccine. It will be super fast tracked. Hell, they can even just post online the how to do it, if they don't care about the money. Then other countries immediately can make their own. The point is though, that we can see the end of the tunnel, because so far the government hasn't told us any kind of longer term plan.
First, this is not a shot. This is a band aid type of multi microneedle.(like a Velcro) Cheaper and easier to send out. Not sensitive to heat,etc. Also it doesn't require millions of eggs to grow the medicine in. The human trials can start I guess tomorrow, and in a few weeks we will know how efficient it is. Then if they really want to save the world they can post the DIY version and every country can make their own. So by the end of May hundreds of factories could churn this out everywhere. But even if it is at the end of July, it is still incredibly fast. I am optimist that I don't have to see food wards and race riots...
There are at least two dozen teams around the globe, competing on COVID-19 vaccines using different methods. Moderna (MRNA) has an RNA based vaccine, called mRNA-1273, which is currently ready for Phase-2 and Phase-3 clinical trial. Janssen R&D has a vaccine called Ad26, which has just started the Phase-1 test. In Vitra studies and animal studies are only for preliminary screening. Breaking news about COVID-19 vaccine testing on mice is a clickbait.
When 10-20K people are dying per day in the world (as they will soon enough), I think they will do some shortcuts.
Except I could volunteer for this one. Also google Jonas Salk. The University has a pretty good track record.
Death toll figure will peak within 3-4 weeks as long as social distancing works and R-0 value drops to zero.
Zero chance of that or any other vaccine anywhere close to your timeline. I wish but it’s foolish to even think