[-at least in early trials]
So, forget the miracle cure-stories of the Georgia doctor and the Texas nurse; for now.
A group of medical aid organizations from the United Kingdom, Norway & France made it all possible, crunching a normally years-long process down to 12 months or less to get Merck’s vaccine out there and save at least 4,000+ people.
The bigger takeaway is, if they can do this well, this fast, with something as fearsome as Ebola, can the end of other serious viruses be far behind?…
Wow.
Photo Credits:
“10/52 music is the cure”, by Flickr user Scarleth Marie
“Science centre Tower Glasgow 1”, by Craig Young
Links:
• Source: Guardian UK
• More Coverage: io9 | NPR
• Source Study: TheLancet-Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial
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