Coronavirus: Biotech company ships first batches of vaccine, to be tested on humans: report

[shockedcanadian]

It looks like Seattle is the first place it will be tested. Today!

Coronavirus: Biotech company ships first batches of vaccine, to be tested on humans: report


Containment measures are being implemented in the U.S. and throughout the globe to limit the spread of coronavirus, but only a vaccine can prevent people from getting sick from the virus.

Roughly 35 companies and academic institutions are rushing to create a vaccine and at least four have tested it on animals. Moderna, a biotech company in Massachusetts, has already shipped the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine to the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

It was said to be ready for human trials in April, but the first patient will receive an experimental dose on Monday, a government official said.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Thank God...now all of these pussies can stop whining.

 

[Penelope]

The speed in getting to this part of the process was assisted by scientists in China who were able to uncover the virus's genome sequence -- called SARS-CoV-2, which they shared back in early January. That step has allowed researchers to grow the virus and study how it impacts the body.

Thank God for science.