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Mr. Luddite[_4_]

On 5/18/2020 3:07 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2020 12:54:23 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 5/18/20 10:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

A Cambridge, MA company "Moderna" has released the results of
their Phase 1 tests of a covid-19 vaccine and has been given
the go-ahead to proceed to phase II testing.

If the results of Phase II are successful, an emergency
go-ahead to start full scale immunizations may be
forthcoming as early as this fall.

The vaccine was tested in three dosages.Â* Even the lowest
dosage resulted in antibodies to fight the virus at a
level similar to those people who contacted covid-19 and
survived.

Details he

https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/18/early-data-show-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-generates-immune-response/

It'll be nice when and if there are effective vaccines. I still think we
are a long way away from that, assuming the usual sort of testing once
some real possibilities are found.

They are thinking the actual trials will be in the general population.
It is all part of that "Do Something Now" mantra you have been
chanting.

I learned a bit more about it. The vaccine Moderna is developing has
*no* covid-19 virus in it .... dead or alive.

Instead, it is a man-made molecule that mimics the "spikes" on the
covid-19 (and other) virus and fools the immune system into
developing antibodies.

This could be a game changer ... not only for covid-19 but for
many other viruses. First time this approach has been taken.

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