A Coronavirus Vaccine Is No Good If People Won’t Take It
American Council on Science and Health | Henry Miller M.S., M.D. and Andrew Fillat
October 20, 2020
There is widespread anticipation of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infections so that Americans can get their lives back to some semblance of normal. More than 50 candidates, made with a variety of technology platforms, are now in clinical trials, 11 in large-scale, late-stage, safety/efficacy testing. During the large Phase 3 trials, which will involve tens of thousands of subjects, researchers will evaluate both the efficacy of the vaccine – that is, its ability to actually prevent infections — and to detect and quantitate less frequent side effects.
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