Pitt Scientists and Covid-19
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While I hope this is something that can lead to a vaccine or whatever it would produce, there have been to many "may" or "could" through this pandemic. We need a "will" cure.
Did you guys see this news also??
good stuff
www.pittwire.pitt.edu
good stuff
University of Pittsburgh Selected to Lead NIH Trials in COVID-19 Care
The National Institutes of Health has selected Pitt to lead a trio of Phase 3 clinical trials involving COVID-19 patients that will explore the use of blood thinners in saving lives and improving care.
Pitt cures Covid 19
Steelers: ok you can have one more game with script Pitt in the endzone, maybe.
Nutting: your recognition ceremony will need to be at noon so we can drive up attendance for me.
Steelers: ok you can have one more game with script Pitt in the endzone, maybe.
Nutting: your recognition ceremony will need to be at noon so we can drive up attendance for me.
We haven't successfully "cured" the flu for all the years we've been producing vaccines for it. Unlikely this will be 100% either
Was their vaccine effort a flop? Haven't heard anything about it. Did even make it to a Phase 1 trial?
It evolves
The annual vaccine picks and predicts the 4 most likely strains out of hundreds
Sometimes they guess right - sometimes it’s not the right strains .
pittdan77
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Wait til people find out how the flu can also be slowed and maybe even stopped.
pittdan77
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That's the beauty of this new breakthrough. It prevents the use of the "spike".
Pitt’s vaccine is still ongoing. Getting ready for phase 3 trials. If successful this could be the best of the vaccines out there. Their delivery system is the best by far. It is a patch with 400 micro needles so you put it on like a band aid. It can be stored without freezing or refrigeration. This makes it great for mass usage.
Yep. Anyone that works will be fantastic. But there’s a lot of concern about distribution and storage with the traditional ones. If this one hits it eliminates a lot of potential roadblocks/issues.
There are three vaccines that Pitt was/is involved with.
Pitt was a partner with the Pasteur Institute and the Austrian company Themis to develop a measles vector vaccine. Themis was purchased by Merck and moved it into phase 1 clinical trials in August. Pitt, as far as I can tell, is no longer actively involved.
The vaccine being developed with the microneedle patch, PittCoVacc, is still in preclinical development. The third vaccine candidate being developed at Pitt is also in preclinical development. These are both years away from any hypothetical approval.
Of the two vaccines the furthest along one would need to be stored at 30° F. The other would need to be stored at -70°F. Which almost no facilities (doctor's offices, clinics, etc.) in the country are currently capable of handling. Their current plan (which is in the preliminary stages) is to ship the vaccine in a special refridgerator packed with dry ice to maintain the temperature.
I know that, just pointing out, based upon prior experience with a virus, a vaccine is not going to eradicate covid, not even close
I think most people are just going to start living their lives. It should get much better as it looks like that most people make tcells to fight it and they are long term. The big concern is if this becomes like the flu where it mutates and the current immunity doesn't work for the new mutations
Masking allows people to safely live their lives
It’s really not a big deal and small sacrifice
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