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- Nine companies involved in coronavirus vaccine research inked a pledge to uphold the scientific principles that would ensure the safe development of COVID-19 vaccines.
- A report a few days ago said the pledge was in development, in response to recent coronavirus vaccine-related developments.
- Russia and China have started providing vaccine candidates under emergency programs before completing the final stages of testing. At the same time, rumors of the Trump administration issuing an emergency approval of its own before the presidential election began to spring up.
A vaccine might end the coronavirus the pandemic, but it will take a while longer for that to happen. First of all, the world needs at least one safe, effective vaccine to complete the last phase of testing successfully. We then need to wait for governments to devise and execute vaccination campaigns, and we’ll need to continue observing safety measures meant to reduce the spread of the illness. We’ll have to wear face masks, social distance, and wash our hands often. That’s because it’ll be a while until a large percentage of the world’s population is immunized. Even then, the virus won’t be eradicated. For that to happen, we’ll need incredibly effective vaccines, and we’ll need everyone to take them.
But as we approach the end of the year, people are increasingly concerned about vaccine safety. More Americans than ever have started to question the effectiveness and safety of experimental drugs. It’s come to the point where two-thirds of Americans said in a recent poll that they aren’t inclined to take a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available, while a quarter of respondents said they’d never get one. This prompted some of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry to sign a coronavirus vaccine research pledge meant to ensure the general public that coronavirus vaccines will only be approved for public consumption once their safety is guaranteed.
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