A "Nebraska Medicine" infectious disease expert says there is a positive coming from the news this week that a major AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine trial was put on hold when a subject developed an adverse reaction.
"I think actually, people should be reassured by this; that people are not ignoring warning signals in these trials," says Doctor Mark Rupp. "They're looking at them very, very closely, and I think there is a real commitment we are not going to bring a vaccine out until we're assured it's past the hurdle."
Rupp says he is gaurdedly optimistic that one or more vaccine candidates will emerge.
"I think it's a bit overly optimistic to suggest that they're going to be available here in the next month or so, but I am very hopeful that by sometime early next year, that we really have settled down on multiple vaccines that are effective, and we can go forward with vaccinating the public."
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