Specifically, the blood test showed the covid specific IgG is through the roof after the shot, meaning it is both safe and effective. I guess the next step is verifying how long the immunity lasts for.
If the first vaccine is chinese, weird stuff is going to happen in politics and media
Edit: obviously, this is just a post on an internet forum, it's ok if you're skeptical about it, there's no reason you shouldn't be other than my word that it's true. They didn't publish it yet, but I'll let you know when they do. As I said, there are still other steps necessary going forward, people getting positive results in this one trial doesn't mean that a vaccine is coming next week or next month
We are med students and the person in question is a health professional working in a big hospital in the capital. They got priority in a bunch of trials, this specific one is all health professionals
Not in the US, btw
I'm inclined to believe you, but I'm not willing to take an international news story on your word, y'know?
Sure, understandable
E: Just wanted to give some positive news for you guys here. I'll let you know when they publish anything on it
Please do! I gut believe you so I'm happy for this.
Here you go.
If it was a trial was it with a placebo arm? I mean I guess you can easily find out either way by just getting an antibody test
He said It had placebos, yes*. Luckily, he got the real thing. He did the IgG test
*\ To be clear, what he said specifically is that he was worried that he got one of the placebos (that's why he got the antibody test, to be sure), so I infer there were
Do you know if he had any side effects? Sore arm or like low fever?
He got zero side effects that caught his attention, that's exactly why he did the test
Oh yeah that’s super interesting. I would have assumed he would have felt something