In an emergency situation, can healthy volunteers agree to intentional infection in clinical setting to test vaccines and perhaps treatments? Speeds the efficacy answer to two weeks. Safety testing miiiiight be streamlinable but I don’t know how. #coronavirus
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No. They are injecting with an RNA sequence that was not derived from the virus itself, in order to see if this RNA will produce the correct antibodies against the virus itself. The AP story explains more.
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almost sure he did
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Fauci said they injected some people today in a phase 1 vaccine candidate trial
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They injected the vaccine, but did NOT in any way say they were infecting people. That would not accord with current medical ethics. They will be looking at effectiveness by following the volunteers for the next year.
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Also testing side effects at this stage.
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No, there was no intentional infection. Dr. Fauci announced that they have started the clinical trials for the first 2 vaccines. They have the first injections today, followed by 2 more in 25 and 100 days.
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For clarity, here is the AP report on the trial;https://apnews.com/76b614811eef32955180c8260188bc24 …
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