Two potential COVID-19 vaccines

Two potential COVID-19 vaccines

RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLDARE WORKING ON MORE THAN 150POTENTIAL VACCINES FOR THCORONAVIRUS... AND TWO OFTHOSE ARE IN THEIR LAST PHASESOF CLINICAL TRIALS RIGHT*HERIN MARYLAND.

AND GOVERNORHOGAN IS RECOGNIZING NEARLY 40MARYLAND COMPANIES ANDUNIVERSITIES, THAT HAVE BEENINVOLVED IN THE FIGHT AGAINSTCOVID-19.

WMAR 2 NEWS MARROPER IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWNBALTIMORE.

MARK -- HOW SOON DORESEARCHERS HERE THINK WECOULD SEE A VACCINE GIVEN TOPEOPLWE SPOKE WITH A JOHNS HOPKINSLUNG DOCTOR WHO SAYS WE MIGHTHAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST A YEAUNTIL WE SEE ONE -- BUT IT'SFASTER THAN USUAL WHENRESEARCHERS AREN'T WORKING INTHE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.

THECORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED NEARLY180-THOUSAND AMERICANS THISYEAR AS SCIENTISTS RACETOWARDS DEVELOPING A VACCINETO STOP THE DEATH TOLL.

TAMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCESPOURED INTO THESE VACCINES ARUNLIKE ANYTHING PRE- COVID 19.AND SCIENTISTS WERE ALSO ABLTO DRAW FROM DIFFERENTCORONAVIRUS VACCINATIONS FROTHE LAST 20 YEARS.

TWOVACCINES ARE CURRENTLY IN THELAST PHASE OF TRIALS INMARYLAND.

ONE IS A FIRST OFITS KIND GENETIC MATERIAL--BASED VACCINE.

THE SECOND IS AMORE COMMON VACCINE -- WHICHINJECTS A WEAKENED VIRUS TOTRIGGER AN IMMUNE RESPONSE TOFIGHT BACK.

DEVELOPING AVACCINE CAN SOMETIMES TAKE TENYEARS OR MORE.

THE POTENTIALFOR A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TOBE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION INAS FAST AS ONE YEAR MAY HAVESOME PEOPLE WONDERING IF IWILL BE SAFE.

Wechanging anything.

We arebeing very diligent about tsafety of this vaccine.

Thelessons learned there haveallowed us kind of skipmultiple cahperts a head inthe vaccine making textbookwhere we can feel confident topush forward multiplevaccinations right now.RESEARCHERS STILL NEED TORECRUIT 30 THOUSAND PATIENFOR THE VACCINE TRIALS.

THEN-- THE RESEARCHERS WILL HAVTO MONITOR THEM FOR ABOUTTHREE TO SIX MONTHS TO SEE IFTHE VACCINE IS A SUCCESS.

LIVEIN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE -- MARKROPER WMAR 2 NEWTHE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONHAS RELEASED NEWRECOMMENDATION S ON MA