These things cannot really be fast tracked too fast. Even if they speed things up there are various phases that are necessary. They need to first insure it works. If it works, then they need to give it to people of varying genetic make up (different races, conditions, genders, etc). If it still works, it needs to be blinded and tested again. Moreover, they need to confirm the side effects are not bad and that it doesnt make things worse. I had read an article a while back from an epidemiologist that said even fast tracked each phase will likely take 3-4 months. The data has to roll back in and then be analyzed which is sometimes the slowest part. The world is high on hopium when they read these things not recognizing that a "fast track" is still almost a year out at best. Here's an article: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-why-it-takes-at-least-a-year-to-make-a-vaccine.html Here's a related paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1083939/ There are significant risks to fast tracking drugs. Moreover, these "fast tracked" vaccines will only be given to the most vulnerable populations where the risk of potentially fatal side effects does not outweigh the certain fatality from the virus. It won't be general issue for YEARS. It's not worth it to get excited over these prospects if you are remotely healthy. You won't be chosen for the vaccine trials and you won't be rushed into a clinic to get it. Nor would you want to be...in my opinion.
This doesn't contradict my 10-20K worldwide daily death guess.(I am lowballing here) Hell, the USA alone will have 2K by Sunday and could be 4K by next Sunday. And no, people don't keep social distancing, see the churches in Florida and the shelter in place "lite" version in Phoenix. Bunch of states still haven't enacted shit, those are full of walking deads, they just don't know it. There wave is coming in 3-4 weeks. Anyhow here is the video of the news:
Sure they can be. Don't look at it from the USA pov. Let's say in Brazil they reach 4-5K death /day because the president is a moron there too. He is going to be so desperate he will greenlight any human experience and you can bet there will be thousands willing to sign up. Mind you Brazil was the country who simply copied the AIDS cocktail not worrying about copyrights and patents because it was declared a national emergency. Now if the US wants to go slow and take its sweet time, fine. But the whole world doesn't have to follow US FDA guidelines and rules. I bet Italy would sign up for a free trial tomorrow....
I am glad to hear that the world doesn't need to depend on 1 lab. By the way this new invention is not a shot, and I think this makes it way more cheap, accessible and affordable. Long version of the press release:
when comes to the worst case scenario (choosing between life, death, and drug reaction), I wouldn't be surprised people would choose drug reaction... who knows one might gain a pair of boobs to play with.
... It's equal to saying : ,,Money solves all of the problems'' One can site on a pile of greens, all day long, but that paper ain't gonna do pushups for you. Neither the vaccine is directed, to raise up people wisdom and intellect. (those are two different things, one can be of average intellect and still wise enough to make good/benefiting decisions)
Actually, vaccine isn't the only solution. If we could alter the human response such way that the lung doesn't fill up with fluid we could avoid using the ventilators and cut down the death rate drastically. Then it would be just another flu strain.
They need to get in the long line of the growing list of potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus causing the covid-19 outbreak has been created. There's a few on that list of potential vaccine associated with public traded companies too. Not sure whom is the front runner to get to human trials although there has been a few testing a potential vaccine on themselves. To contrast the vaccine, others are concentrating on developing a effective treatment to minimize the potential of death...something that you either have a minor illness even if you have a weak immune system. wrbtrader
Vaccine can help only against this version of Covid. What happens when another strain hits? same cycle of "allround mess" again ? The real challenge is to find ways to quickly identify the strain and develop it's cure like nanotech based medicines that go inside and hunt for the virus with specific RNA/DNA and destroy them. Such cures will be the real victory against the viruses and their mutations. In US labs, RNA code was deciphered within few hours of receiving the strain from China but exact "killer antibodies" based medicine has not been formulated even after 2 months. Medicine/Cure found can be fast tracked into system in few months rather than vaccine taking upto 2 years. Both US and Italy messed things up by reacting too late while S. Korea and Taiwan acted fast and got over it rapidly.