COVID 19: World On Tenterhooks
- Ca Times
- May 16, 2020
- 2 min read
While the whole world is on tenterhooks for the vaccine update, Ca Times has written this special article just for you.
A hundred types of vaccines are made and tested on monkeys for the novel Coronavirus. Scientists all over the world are working persistently on creating a vaccine. Many university research centers are funded with millions of dollars on researching more about this situation. Questions that will be answered:
1) How much time will take to create this vaccine?
There are many corporations like Inovio Pharmaceuticals is promising that they will have a vaccine developed in a month to test on animals. Testing at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City, Mo. And Johnson&Johnson said that they are in Phase 1 of the clinical.
2) When will the vaccine be distributed in the US and the world?
It is said to be distributed in the US at the end of the year. President of the US said, "the vaccines will be distributed at the end of this year". There are still many conflicting views on Mr. Trump's optimism. Dr. Mike Ryan, director of the WHO Health Emergencies said, "It will take at least a year to develop a vaccine'.
3) Will our economy open up even if we don't have our vaccines distributed in
time?
Yes, Mr. Trump made it clear by assuring, "vaccine or no vaccine, the country will be back soon". That means even in the peak of this virus, the US will reopen. Ca Times had a survey on the readers and got results like 80 percent of the people don't want the US to reopen during the peak of COVID 19 deaths.
4) How much time will it take to recover from the vaccine even if we have COVID 19?
It depends on the immune system of a person. It is still ambiguous that the vaccine could recover every person. And the vaccine is not even created yet, so nothing could be guaranteed during this time.
5) Can we go test ourselves, even if we are asymptomatic(not showing symptoms of COVID 19)?
6) Which companies or corporations have been funded for creating this vaccine?
Many incorporations are funded to create this vaccine. Johnson&Johnson(J&J), Moderna, Inovio, and Sanofi are among the prestigious incorporations which are helping the US and other countries.
7) Which country is leading in the creation of this vaccine? In countries like Hong Kong, CanSino Biologics have started their phase 1 trial. Inovio pharmaceuticals, and then there is Inovio pharmaceuticals at Pennsylvania, US, and is said to advance to Phase 1 soon this coming month.

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