China News Service, May 5 (Xinhua) According to the US "Capitol Hill" report, US President Trump previously said that he will quickly introduce the vaccine to the market through "Quick Action". 300 million vaccines will be provided in January 2021. However, this statement was questioned by experts.
Data graph: US President Trump. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe
On the 3rd, Trump said on Fox News that he believes the vaccine can be developed quickly. He said, "We believe that there will be a vaccine (developed) by the end of this year, and we are vigorously promoting this matter."
However, experts in the pharmaceutical industry say that this schedule is unrealistic. Many candidate vaccines are still in the early stages of development, and proving the safety of vaccines to humans is a time-consuming task.
Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said the problem is how to collect data from thousands of patients in a short period of time to confirm the existence of "valid signals" and no safety The problem occurs. "If we make a mistake, the consequences are far more serious than the new coronavirus."
Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Safety who focuses on emerging infectious diseases, believes that it is not realistic to complete it by the end of December. Adalja said that the most important thing is that scientists need to have confidence in understanding the dosage information, side effects and immunity of all populations in the United States. "I don't know how you can speed up the answers to these questions."
Even if vaccines can be produced before 2021, experts believe that at least hundreds of millions of vaccines are needed to prevent the spread of the epidemic throughout the United States.