COVID-19 vaccine trial will begin at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle
Source: Puget Sound Business Journal
One thing that distinguishes COVID-19 from a typical flu virus is that theres no vaccine for it yet. A group of 12 people in King County is working on that.
A vaccine clinical trial for COVID-19 based on a Massachusetts biotechs work will begin in the next few weeks, said Dr. Lisa Jackson, senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. The clinical trial, which the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved this week, will take place at Kaiser Permanentes vaccine and treatment evaluation unit in Seattle.
It will be the first human clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine in the nation.
When the selection of the site occurred, we didnt have any idea that this infection would be in the United States or in Seattle, Jackson said. Experiencing the transmission of this infection force provides that local view of the importance.
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SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)This might be why president dumbshit thinks a vaccine is a month away. He doesn't understand this is only the first step, of many, that must take place before a vaccine can be mass produced and distributed.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)He's gotten contractors (who he doesn't pay) to jump to his whim about cutting corners here and there so he can start printing money.
He thinks they'll complete this for HIS benefit.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)what sort of "incentives" he'll guarantee Big Pharma to fast-track a vaccine before November?
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,025 posts)Supposedly it has to be covered by insurance per Obamacare.
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-vaccine-free-for-patients-result-of-obamacare-2020-2
raccoon
(31,111 posts)Viruses dont care what your socioeconomic status is. I wonder if Republicans realize that.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)You dont put financial barriers in they way of treatment. You are so right!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,196 posts)But in Harris County (Houston) free flu shots are available to anyone who wants one. You just have to go to one of the county health clinics. They don't even ask for insurance information. They generally have free flu shots at the county hospitals on the weekends during flu season too.
That's how COVID-19 should be treated; as a public health issue.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Where you live!