[Rotary] Subject: Covid 19 Vaccine

[Donna Schuler]

This is encouraging news, and thanks for sharing. I was listening to Debora
McKenzie, scientist and author or COVID-19 on C-SPAN 2 Books, and one of
the points I grasped onto was that the low and middle income countries who
have robust polio vaccine campaigns in place have the delivery systems in
place to support a new vaccine. That may be how we Rotarians best support
an approved vaccine. Mass prophylaxis through established networks sits
well with me.

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 9:29 AM Jeffry Stubbs via Rotary <
rotary at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just got a message from my son, who heads a school in Hangzhou, China,
> saying an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine developed in China is now undergoing
> phase 3 trials in the UAE, and could be available for mass distribution by
> end of December. Limited quantities are now being made available to front
> line workers even though the vaccine has not been completely tested. A
> course of two injections is estimated to cost $144.
>
> This is of course good news for all of us, and suggests that here in the
> US a vaccine may not be beyond reach as we head into 2021.
>
> An idea for our Covid-19 fund: free inoculations when they become
> available and if they are not provided free to all, for those who lack
> health insurance or the means to purchase the injections.
>
> Jeff Stubbs
> P.O. Box 1360 Mendocino, CA 95460
> Home phone 707-937-6026
> I phone 707-536-6190
> Skype phone 707-397-5620
> Skype name jeffrystubbs
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