6,000 UK participants sought for Covid-19 final-stage vaccine trial...


The UK will be the first country to run final-stage trials of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by a company owned by Johnson and Johnson.

The phase-three trial of the vaccine from pharmaceutical company Janssen starts on Monday and will be the first of its two-dose study.

The jab has already undergone phase one and two trials, and interim analysis of the single-dose study suggests the Covid-19 vaccine candidate induces a robust immune response and is generally well-tolerated.

For the two-dose study, researchers are aiming to recruit around 6,000 UK participants – from a total of 30,000 people globally – at 17 sites across the country.

These include Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Dundee and Belfast.

Recruitment into the study will complete in March 2021 and the trial will last for 12 months.

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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/6-000-uk-p...000100857.html

Headline 1) Safety fears mean too many people will refuse the vaccine

Headline 2) Government admits there won't be enough of the vaccine even for those who do want to take it.


... ... does point 2 not make point 1 somewhat irrelevant for the time being?

Johnson
never bought any of this other Vaccine Moderna
in USA.
A better result 95% works
and no fridge needed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ve-trials-show

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95% is impressive.

i think the % will drop significantly as it rolls out, the data set is much to small to get a proper feel for it's effectiveness

^^ wtf :laugh:

Looking likely that we can have a family Christmas.
3 days, 3 households up to 10 people.
Now that makes sense after the year everyone has had.

I think it will increase rates unfortunately but I actually think it's a good move on balance. The mental health/self harm implications or a locked down Christmas would be massive. It's a hard time of year for many under the best of circumstances.

Totally agree TS.
Looks like we will be going back into a tier system that will be tighter than before, so new of a family xmas will keep us going.

it's down to individuals priorities as it always has been. People will and have been ignoring restrictions as they please so why would Christmas be any different. The government cant do anything if people want to mix in their own homes and they never could

With thanksgiving fast approaching in the USA, we should get a clear indication of what family mixing does to infection rates there, i don't think it's going to be pretty.

You know for a real "Covid silver lining", it's likely that the time and money that has gone into finding vaccines and treatments for Covid will have massively accelerated virus research in general, with stuff that was potentially 5-10+ years away under normal circumstances and funding seeing breakthroughs. In the long run, that will save many lives.

some positive noises coming from Oxford this morning