Slide set - Miss. Valverde

A hope, a coronavirus vaccine

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• Caption: Ericka Murillo

The scientist have more work than ever

• To create this vaccine the scientists' idea is to simulate an infection while avoiding covid-19 symptoms. It will takes months until the vaccine is approved.
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• Caption: The world will have to be patient.

mRNA-based vaccines

• This vaccine is going to spur the body to produce the virus, causing the immune system to develop antibodies.
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• Caption: "This is a colossal challenge"

Covid-19 pneumonia

• Vaccines against a bacteria infection will not prevent covid-19 pneumonia, because this one is a viral pneumonia.
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An Australian vaccine against Covid-19

• The Novavax vaccine has achieved high levels of antibodies in previous tests. The company expects to have the results of the clinical trial in July, which could move to a second phase of trials with a larger population and in different countries of the world to assess the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
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PCR

• PCR (Polymerase chain reaction). These tests have been in use since the first days of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain. This test allows to detect a fragment of the genetic material of a pathogen or microorganism.
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• Caption: Even if the test is negative, we must be careful.