Morning Jolt: Progress on the Vaccine Front

On the menu today: why we shouldn't be too discouraged by the news that AstraZeneca is pausing stage-three testing of its otherwise promising candidate for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, why Joe Biden had to clean up Kamala Harris's mess, and an observation about how the quarantine helped set the stage for looting in America's cities.

The Encouraging Signs on the Vaccine Front

If you're a large company, working with Oxford University on arguably one of the strongest contenders for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, and one person in your stage-three trial develops an unexplained illness . . . you slow the test process down and try to figure out what's going on. That illness could be a side effect of the vaccine, or it could be coincidental. This test participant might have some previously undiagnosed condition that could be interacting with the vaccine, or some sort of genetic factor could be at work. Stage three of the vaccine test involves 30,000 adult volunteers; ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 09 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 09 2020 Progress on the Vaccine Front On the menu today: why we shouldn't be too discouraged by the news that AstraZeneca is pausing stage-three testing of its otherwise promising candidate for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, why Joe Biden had to clean up Kamala Harris's mess, and an observation about how the quarantine helped set the stage for looting in America's cities. The Encouraging Signs on the Vaccine Front If you're a large company, working with Oxford University on arguably one of the strongest contenders for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, and one person in your stage-three trial develops an unexplained illness . . . you slow the test process down and try to figure out what's going on. That illness could be a side effect of the vaccine, or it could be coincidental. This test participant might have some previously undiagnosed condition that could be interacting with the vaccine, or some sort of genetic factor could be at work. Stage three of the vaccine test involves 30,000 adult volunteers; ...   READ MORE

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