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       How to know if a coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective
       (Consumer Reports)
   DIR By: agate
       Date: September 21, 2020, 1:39 pm
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       From Consumer Reports (September 14), "How You Will Know If a
       Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe and Effective":
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       This is of particular interest, I think:
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       > While it’s possible that one of the vaccine candidates that’s
       currently or about to be in phase three trials will be safe and
       effective enough to distribute, it may be that one of the later
       candidates works better, according to Offit [an attending
       physician in the division of infectious diseases at Children’s
       Hospital of Philadelphia and director of the Vaccine Education
       Center].
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       It sounds as if a vaccine could be distributed before  phase 3
       trials have been completed, and yet the phase 3 trials are very
       important--and must take time.
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