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Originally Posted by Saratoga_Mike
That isn't actually true -- check out this article (can't believe it hasn't received more press)….
"Scientists around the world are competing to develop a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, and in this race, a laboratory at Oxford University has a big head start.
...scientists at Oxford’s Jenner Institute had already proved in previous trials that similar inoculations — including one last year against another coronavirus — were harmless to humans.
That has enabled them to leap ahead to the next step and schedule tests involving more than 6,000 people by the end of next month.
the first few million doses of their vaccine could be available by September."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/w...#link-2efc59ae |
I think there is a difference in being effective and being harmless to humans. Both are obviously necessary. I should have stated that an effective coronavirus vaccine has never been developed.
