Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci voiced optimism Friday about the initial results of a coronavirus vaccine trial.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also said it remains possible a vaccine against the virus could be available by the end of 2020.
The company said the vaccine appeared safe and able to ward off the virus, though detailed results have yet to be published.
"Having looked at the data myself, it is really quite promising," Fauci, who expressed "Cautious optimism" regarding the results, told NPR. "The vaccine induced what we call neutralizing antibodies, as opposed to just binding antibodies, and neutralizing antibodies are antibodies that actually can block the virus," the infectious disease expert added.
That's far shorter than the years-long process normally needed to create a vaccine, according to NPR. "I think it is conceivable if we don't run into things that are, as they say, unanticipated setbacks, that we could have a vaccine that we could be beginning to deploy at the end of this calendar year, December 2020 or into January 2021," Fauci said.
Many companies are trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and because of the anticipated demand, vaccine production is beginning as testing moves forward.
"What we're doing right now, and this is something that I think is going to be characteristic of multiple of the candidates that are being tested for a coronavirus vaccine, is that you even start investing and even making doses of the vaccine before you are completely sure that it works. So the risk is not to the patients, because the safety and the scientific integrity is intact," he said.
https://www.westernjournal.com/fauci-reveals-optimism-new-covid-vaccine-even-better-thought/
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also said it remains possible a vaccine against the virus could be available by the end of 2020.
The company said the vaccine appeared safe and able to ward off the virus, though detailed results have yet to be published.
"Having looked at the data myself, it is really quite promising," Fauci, who expressed "Cautious optimism" regarding the results, told NPR. "The vaccine induced what we call neutralizing antibodies, as opposed to just binding antibodies, and neutralizing antibodies are antibodies that actually can block the virus," the infectious disease expert added.
That's far shorter than the years-long process normally needed to create a vaccine, according to NPR. "I think it is conceivable if we don't run into things that are, as they say, unanticipated setbacks, that we could have a vaccine that we could be beginning to deploy at the end of this calendar year, December 2020 or into January 2021," Fauci said.
Many companies are trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and because of the anticipated demand, vaccine production is beginning as testing moves forward.
"What we're doing right now, and this is something that I think is going to be characteristic of multiple of the candidates that are being tested for a coronavirus vaccine, is that you even start investing and even making doses of the vaccine before you are completely sure that it works. So the risk is not to the patients, because the safety and the scientific integrity is intact," he said.
https://www.westernjournal.com/fauci-reveals-optimism-new-covid-vaccine-even-better-thought/
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