Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

SteelBird

SteelBird

Colonel
This is bad news for Trump as he wants to lead in Covid19 vaccination.
AstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial after unexplained illness in volunteer


Drug giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had paused a trial of its coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.

It’s a standard precaution in vaccine trials, meant to ensure experimental vaccines don’t cause serious reactions among volunteers.

“As part of the ongoing randomized, controlled global trials of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine, our standard review process triggered a pause to vaccination to allow review of safety data,” the company said in a statement sent to CNN.
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“This is a routine action which has to happen whenever there is a potentially unexplained illness in one of the trials, while it is investigated, ensuring we maintain the integrity of the trials,” the statement added.

“In large trials, illnesses will happen by chance but must be independently reviewed to check this carefully. We are working to expedite the review of the single event to minimize any potential impact on the trial timeline. We are committed to the safety of our participants and the highest standards of conduct in our trials.”

Earlier Tuesday, AstraZeneca joined eight other companies in signing a pledge promising they would not seek premature government approval for any coronavirus vaccine. They promised they would wait until they had adequate data showing any potential vaccine worked safely to prevent infection.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is one of three coronavirus vaccines in late-stage, Phase 3 trials in the US.

It was not immediately clear if the pause involved only US trial sites or all of the company’s trial sites around the world. A Data and Safety Monitoring Board usually monitors trials for adverse events and can order a pause or halt to a trial, but AstraZeneca did not say who had stopped the trial.

An AstraZeneca spokesperson later said the illness affected a participant in Britain, but said all of the company’s trials of the vaccine globally would be paused.
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B.I.B.

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I was trying to point out the huge implication of the discovery.

35% of Italians having COVID-19 antibodies as of October 2019 would mean that the virus had already existed in Italy a few months before October 2019, and the Italians were infected with COVID-19 long before the virus was discovered in China.
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that reminds me about the story scientist discovering traces of covid in Spains sewerage system inearly2019. That story seems to have died without any updates.
 
Quickie

Quickie

Colonel
B.I.B. said:
that reminds me about the story scientist discovering traces of covid in Spains sewerage system inearly2019. That story seems to have died without any updates.
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The same goes for the story of a French patient getting seriously ill with Covid-19 symptoms in late 2019 who recovered and was then informed by doctors that he was infected with an unknown type of coronavirus.

Notice the eerie silence of those usual international mass media when it comes to the news that runs counter to their narratives.
 
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Hendrik_2000

Hendrik_2000

Lieutenant General
China pay tribute to DR Huang Xiqiu. Nanyang Chinese born in Jember, Indonesia return to China in 1950's

How did China build Huoshenshan Hospital in a short time?
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The shore of Zhiyin Lake in Wuhan's Caidian District was chosen as the site for Huoshenshan Hospital. Once an area of lotus ponds and low hills, it was to host a brand new 1,000-bed hospital specializing in infectious diseases, to be built in only ten days. How did China achieve this?
 
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