First vaccine trial for Covid-19 has begun – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the first vaccine trial for the Covid-19 virus has begun as the world continues to battle the growing pandemic.
In a media briefing on Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the trial had commended “just 60 days after the genetic sequence of the coronavirus was shared.”
Tedros paid tribute to the “incredible achievement” of researchers around the world “who have come together to systemically evaluate experimental therapeutics.”
He said that “multiple small trials with different methods” may not result in the clear and strong evidence needed about which treatments save lives. The WHO and its partners are therefore organizing a large study across many countries to compare some untested treatments.
The study will be called the ‘Solidarity trial’ to reflect its unified nature.
“The Solidarity trial provides simplified procedures to enable even hospitals that have been overloaded to participate,” Tedros said, adding that countries including Argentina, Bahrain, Canada, France, Iran, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand have already joined.
The Solidarity Response Fund has raised over $43 million from more than 173,000 individuals and organizations. Tedros thanked FIFA in particular for donating $10 million to the fund.
He said the Covid-19 crisis presents “unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy.”
Anyone considering participating in trials of vaccines for SARS2 should read papers resulting from attempts to vaccinate for SARS prior to participating. Attenuated and dead virus vaccines in every SARS trial resulted in increased morbidity and mortality of subjects.
tl;dr SARS vaccines all killed more subjects and did not create immunity. Vaccines for SARS2 are likely to have the same potential to worsen symptoms. Extreme caution is advised.
Huh? What vaccine...? there is no vaccine for SARS/SARS2 or MERS for that matter... Where are you getting your information? Most of the trials were stopped at the preclinical stage. There is ZERO data out there on any deaths related to non-clinical trials of a SARS or MERS vaccine... But keep on spreading the bullshit... or post some links to your sources - would love to read those papers.
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