Is A Safe COVID-19 Vaccine By 2021 Really Possible?

China has granted its first COVID-19 vaccine patent to CanSino, while Russia has announced it will roll out its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines by end-August 2020. Sputnik V was approved before Phase III human trials, and the World Health Organisation warns that the vaccine needs rigorous safety review.

It typically takes 10 years to develop a vaccine that is safe and effective. But with countries from India to the US racing to find an answer to the coronavirus - like the closely-watched University of Oxford and AstraZeneca human vaccine trials - some are expecting a vaccine to be available for emergency use by end-2020 or next year. How much immunity will it really give? Will a fast-tracked vaccine be less safe?

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[alessandrac]

Well 2020 has felt like a full decade so far...

[annetteslife]

I just hope that people will continue to keep up with their hygiene habits after the pandemic ends

[Cross-xmfr]

Yup we never tried this hard to make a vaccine

[eddylebrun]

Why are all the countries working against each other to get the coronavirus vaccination

[mml]

this period of history is one that I don't want to live in anymore

[SalmanKhan-ixqq]

Sometimes they say we made it then they say we can’t have one

[GameAGuy]

The real question is will we have a choice to take it or will be forced?🤔

[vrcanvas]

What a year! I am an indie game developer and quite opposite I lost all my motivations and all the times in hand, doing absolutely nothing! Just surviving each day in isolation.

[BOGOWA]

Appreciate the candid assessments by vaccine experts. Having a safe, effective & production-ready vaccine by early next year does seem overly optimistic.

[donovanmills]

I'm retired until there's a vaccine. Be smart stay safe people.

[Machster]

You can buy P100 half mask respirators online. About $35 to $40 bucks. Make sure the half mask comes with P100 (magenta color filters) otherwise, you need to buy filters separately. P100 filter cartridges provide near 100% virus filtration and if you are fit tested (a specialized leak test required by OSHA), then they do provide 100%.  Make sure the half mask fits you properly. A normal adult size face will be a large size.  Women might be a medium size.  The P100 filters are HEPA filters and they will last a very long time unless you're working in a very dusty environment. They should last at least a year or so but, you can buy a pair of new filters for about $15.  Wear it when you go into any public building. It will save your life. Make sure you are clean shaven (no beards or stubble) otherwise, the mask will not seal to your face and virus can get through. Perform a positive and negative pressure check on the respirator when wearing it (this is a basic self-seal check you can research online to ensure proper sealing). These respirators have been designed and researched by NIOSH for decades and they are required by OSHA. You can make and attach a simple, loose cloth cover for the exhalation valve to prevent coughing droplets from being released. Use caution if you have pre-existing respiratory health issues as wearing a respirator does add some resistance to normal breathing but you will find half mask respirators to be very comfortable and much easier to breathe through and cooler than most masks and face coverings because of the exhaust valve.  Make sure to keep your respirator clean inside using sanitary wipes and make sure the membrane valves are taken care of and are not damaged because they can tear easily. Store your respirator in a Ziploc bag.  Do not share your respirator.  Half mask respirators can be completely dismantled and cleaned but this only needs to be done occasionally.

[Eternalwarpuppy]

Whoever is on the editing team that decided this video would be better with the constant clicking noise needs to be fired.

[SylvetF]

Modern times but still race against time but we are still hoping it won’t have too many side effects, all people can do now is get their immune system up as much as possible and take precaution in everything wear masks/faceshields.

[crazywaffleking]

I won't take one without knowing the long term risks, and that takes at least 7 years to determine.

[eddylebrun]

Why are all the countries not working together to get a vaccination

[goatmonkey]

The timelines are for what it takes for it to get approved in the USA. Other countries are going to just skip this stuff entirely. Someone will just go ahead and mass vaccinate, and we will get results faster, positive or negative. Maybe it will work and they will sell it to the rest of the world, or maybe some country will have large scale health issues.

[johnreynolds]

Are the Vaccine Companies held accountable if they don't work or side effects ?

[zebonautsmith]

Speed it all up with Challenge Studies. People will gladly volunteer.

[Bruh-rnbv]

Fun Fact: We (as of right now) don’t have a vaccine for any human coronavirus. Not even the common cold. Why? Because it’s hard and they go through antigenic shift and sometimes antigenic drift but not on the same level as the flu.

[howhow]

We, the people of the whole world, ask a simple question:
How can covid virus end or end world wide ??? Even dengue virus also cannot end forever ???!!!