{"id":61208,"date":"2020-05-25T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=61208"},"modified":"2020-05-25T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T18:11:10","slug":"heres-what-needs-to-happen-before-we-can-all-get-vaccinated-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/mundo\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-before-we-can-all-get-vaccinated-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s what needs to happen before we can all get vaccinated for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID-19 has upended our lives, and we’ve all heard that there will be no return to “full normal” until there is a vaccine\u00a0<\/u>for SARS-CoV-2, the\u00a0coronavirus that has caused the pandemic. But how long will that take? What steps need to happen along the way? And where are we now? Here’s a closer look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How long will it take to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus?<\/h2>\n

When the World Health Organization first named the disease in February, it said the first vaccine wouldn’t be available for 18 months<\/u>. Since then, U.S. experts have said it would likely take 12 to 18 months\u00a0<\/u>while the European Medicines Agency has said a vaccine could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario<\/u>.<\/p>\n

That’s much faster than the five to 10 years it normally takes<\/u> to develop a vaccine.<\/p>\n

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A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a ‘Vaccine COVID-19’ sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. The race is on to find a vaccine for COVID-19 that will finally allow our lives to get back to normal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How is vaccine development going for COVID-19?<\/h2>\n

The good news:\u00a0it’s going much faster than normal.<\/p>\n

The first human vaccine trials began in March<\/u>, just two months after the virus and COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, were identified. With the SARS epidemic in 2003, it took 20 months<\/u>for a vaccine to get to the stage where it was ready for human testing \u2014although the vaccine was never developed, as the epidemic was over by then.<\/p>\n

As of May 15, the World Health Organization reported<\/u> that there were 110 candidate vaccines in preclinical evaluation around the world, and eight in human Phase 1 and Phase 2 trials. A Phase 1 trial has been approved by Health Canada to take place in Halifax<\/u>.<\/p>\n

How do scientists come up with vaccine candidates?<\/h2>\n

Vaccines work by introducing your immune system to a germ or a piece of a germ so it will recognize it and learn to fight it off. Strategies for targeting the new coronavirus include using:<\/p>\n