Vaccines for the coronavirus look promising so far
Dr. David Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. He helps athletes and active people feel and perform their best, regardless of age, injuries and medical history. He has been featured in major media publications and shows over 2,500 times throughout his career.
Three potential vaccines for COVID-19 have shown good results in early studies.
Despite different mechanisms
of action, all three induced an immune response in participants. The most
advanced of the three – a vaccine candidate from the British drugmaker AstraZeneca
– also seems to induce the body to make T cells – a second part of the immune
system that could be important for a lasting immune response.
None of these potential vaccines has shown serious side effects that could stop their testing, but they must still prove they’re both safe and effective when tested on thousands of subjects, including those at high-risk for severe COVID-19.
We still have a long way to
go. Remember, historically, just 6 percent of vaccine candidates end up being
used on patients. Hopefully, a COVID-19 vaccine will make it.
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