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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:15AM (#23768238)
Phase 3 is normally where most medicines fail.

Covid (any vaccine based treatment really) is even more difficult as you need to wait for six months to assess transmission.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by gridlockd on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @06:21AM (#23768542)
> Covid (any vaccine based treatment really) is even more difficult as you need to wait for six months to assess transmission.

Technically, you don't. There are volunteers ready to get infected with SARS-CoV2 and I wouldn't put my money on "ethics" standing in the way in this case.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @11:12AM (#23770664)
That is true, but you still need a relatively long time to make sure there aren't any nasty side-effects.
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