[Rotary] Subject: Covid 19 Vaccine

[Jeffry Stubbs]

I agree generally, John, but am reminded of the time about 25 years ago when laser surgery came out for correction of vision. We in the USA began using it about 5 years after the rest of the world, presumably because we were overly cautious, or too inclined to go it alone. 
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    On Monday, August 24, 2020, 8:44:06 AM PDT, John Cottle <jcottledo at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 There are MANY vaccines in development around the world, around 130 when I last checked.  One is already being field tested in Russia, prior to having compled Phase 3 trials.  By early next year Russia will either proudly announce a first, or sweep another sad failure under the rug.  Such is the progress of things in totalitarian systems.  I find it interesting that China is testing theirs in the UAE, not on their own citizens.
When a vaccine is approved by the FDA, it will go to military and essential workers first, especially health care workers and self-appointed important government officials.  I don't expect for the vaccine to be available for sale for a long time.  I would be extremely wary of one not FDA approved, and moderately skeptical of one given FDA accelerated approval.  Every few years an FDA approved item is withdrawn for various reasons.  
Advice from one of my trainers in med school, "Don't be the first to embrace something new, but don't be the last either."
Science skeptic,John Cottle



On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 7:30 PM Alarcon Ins via Rotary <rotary at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

That could be an option but until there is a proven one we are all waiting impatiently.

Ray Alarcon
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-------- Original message --------From: Jeffry Stubbs via Rotary <rotary at lists.mcn.org> Date: 8/23/20 9:29 AM (GMT-08:00) To: rotary at lists.mcn.org, Dean Watson <watsondmw at comcast.net> Subject: [Rotary] Subject: Covid 19 Vaccine 
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
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