Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and Oxford

Posted by ghshephard on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:17PM
from the reuters.com dept.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-dosing/dosing-error-turns-into-lucky-punch-for-astrazeneca-and-oxford-idUSKBN28327Q

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Re:Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and O... by jm1234567890 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @02:26AM (#25196147)

There could be a confounding factor here. People who got the lower doses also got less severe reactions. So they may have guessed they got the placebo and consequently were more careful to not contract covid-19. Whereas, the full dose caused more obvious reactions, which made it clear the participant didn’t get the placebo. As a result, they went out to party.

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Re:Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and O... by jonplackett on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:34PM (#25193775)

I guess it joins a long list of accidental scientific discoveries, with Penicillin and a lot more besides.

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-eighteen-accidental-scien...

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Re:Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and O... by _Microft on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:45PM (#25190830)

Scary that this could happen at all.

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Re:Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and O... by throwaway888abc on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:33PM (#25194646)

Believe this due to time constrain. Proper vaccine takes about 10-20 years to develop/tweak.

One trial round is/was 3 months.

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