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Coronavirus Science/Tech Roundup: new vaccine goes to trials, Thermo Fisher plans 5mil newly approved tests, Israel promises vaccine in weeks
2020-03-15
More on human trials of Moderna coronavirus
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
 vaccine that could start within days in the US after it bypassed animal testing in accelerated process
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The vaccine skipped animal testing stage and will be used on healthy volunteers

  • If the 'genetic hack' proves safe, it will be used on patients who have coronavirus

  • Massachusetts-based Moderna made candidate cure but using unusual methods where messenger RNA stimulates the immune system to make proteins like the virus

  • It comes as scientists in the UK said vaccine could be tested on humans by June after encouraging results on mice
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Moderna: 2020-03-03 Coronavirus round-up: 12,000 confirmed in Iran, only 125 new yesterday in China, and more
Moderna: 2020-02-26 Human testing of coronavirus treatment begins, vaccine prep progresses
Moderna: 2017-03-31 Italy set to offer menstrual leave for female workers

Thermo Fisher to produce millions of coronavirus diagnostic tests
[StatNews] Thermo Fisher, the largest maker of scientific tools, said Friday it plans to produce up to 5 million of a new test to detect the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. The company, based in Waltham, Mass., plans to reach that level of production by the week of April 3, according to Ron O’Brien, a company spokesman.

The Food and Drug Administration granted the new test an emergency clearance late Friday.

Before Friday, the U.S. had struggled to increase its capacity to test for the virus, a key step in trying to limit the damage of the pandemic it is causing. According to a count kept by the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank, the country currently has the ability to run 26,000 tests a day. Another diagnostic test, made by Roche, was approved Friday morning. Roche said it could manufacture 400,000 tests a week.

Israel say ‘In a few weeks, we will have #coronavirus vaccine.’
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  the US may already be in the recovery stage when a vaccine is approved

but since the virus will likely show up again next year or the next or the next, it is still good that the vaccine is being developed

with respect to the testing kits, I think we would be at least a week or two ahead of where we are now except for dithering by the WHO, CDC and others.
Posted by: lord garth   2020-03-15 11:24  

#1  Thermo Fisher, the largest maker of scientific tools, said Friday it plans to produce up to 5 million of a new test to detect the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.

Capitalism. The thirst for Mammon.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-15 02:52  

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