MUCH.
>> YOU BET.
>>> THE %
PROMISING OXFORD %
CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE IS %
ENTERING ITS %
THIRD AND FINAL %
PHASE IN THE %
U.S.
NBC NEWS %
CORRESPONDENT, %
MIGUEL ALMAGUER
REPORTS ON THE %
30,000 DOCUMENT %
VOLUNTEERS THAT %
ARE %
PARTICIPATING IN %
THE TRIAL. %
>> HEALTH %
OFFICIALS ACROSS %
THE COUNTRY ARE %
WORRIED ABOUT
THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS, IN %
PARTICULAR, THE
UPCOMING %
HOLIDAY, SAYING %
IF AMERICANS %
DON’T SOCIAL %
DISTANCE, THE %
VIRUS COULD %
SURGE AGAIN IN %
THIS COUNTRY,
AFTER WEEKS OF %
PROGRESS. %
MEANTIME, THERE
IS ALSO POSITIVE
NEWS ON A %
POSSIBLE %
VACCINE.
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY AND %
ASTRAZENECA, WHO
HAVE PARTNERED %
TOGETHER, SAY BY %
THANKSGIVING, %
THEY COULD KNOW %
HOW EFFECTIVE %
THIS NEW VACCINE %
COULD BE. %
THEY ARE TESTING %
IT ON SOME %
30,000 PEOPLE %
ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY. %
A BIT OF GOOD %
NEWS. %
>> THE FINAL
ROUND OF %
TESTING, KNOWN
AS PHASE 3 %
CLINICAL TRIALS
ARE SHOWING %
EARLY SIGNS OF
PROMISE, IN WHAT
COULD BECOME THE
WORLD’S FIRST %
CORONAVIRUS %
VACCINE. %
AT TESTING SITES
ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY, %
PARTICIPANTS %
WILL BE GIVEN
TWO SHOTS, ONE %
MONTH APART.
22-YEAR-OLD
JACOB SERRANO IS %
THE FIRST
AMERICAN TO BE
GIVEN THE
VACCINE %
CANDIDATE OR A %
PLACEBO. %
>> I’M REALLY
HOPING FOR A %
CURE. %
>> RESEARCHERAS
THE OXFORD -- %
RESEARCHER AT
OXFORD, SAY THE %
VACCINE, A
GENETICALLY
ALTERED VIRUS %
PRODUCES %
IMMUNITIES. %
WITH 30,000 %
VOLUNTEERS SET
TO TAKE PLACE IN %
THE TRIALS. %
THE FDA SAYS THE %
VACCINE NEEDS TO %
PROTECT 50% OF
PEOPLE TO BE %
CONSIDERED %
EFFECTIVE. %
IT COULD BE %
DISTRIBUTED IN %
PHASES, WITH
HEALTH CAROL %
WORKERS AND THE
VULNERABLE, LIKE %
THOSE WITH
UNDERLYING %
HEALTH %
CONDITIONS %
GETTING IT %
FIRST. %
>> SO THIS ONE %
IS ONE OF THE %
ONES THAT IS %
LEADING THE %
RACE. %
AND ONE OF THE
ONES THAT LOOKS %
PROMISING TO GET
THAT VACCINE AS
SOON AS %
POSSIBLE. %
>> WITH
PRELIMINARY DATA
ON THE VACCINE’S
EFFECTIVENESS %
EXPECTED AROUND
THANKSGIVING, %
THE U.S. %
CORONAVIRUS
DEATH TOLL IS %
NOW OVER %
185,000.
FOR JACOB %
SERRANO, IT’S %
PERSONAL. %
HE’S LOST SEVEN %
FAMILY MEMBERS %
TO COVID.
>> DO YOU THINK
THAT WHAT YOU’RE
DOING NOW COULD
PREVENT FUTURE %
FATALITIES? %
>> THAT’S THE %
MAIN REASON I’M %
DOING ANY OF %
THIS. %
IT’S BECAUSE I %
WANT TO PREVENT %
THAT.
I DON’T BELIEVE %
ANYONE DESERVES
TO LIVE THEIR %
LIFE. %
>> FOR ALL
AMERICANS, A
REASON FOR HOPE %
AMID THE LOSS. %
>>> HEALTH %
OFFICIALS ACROSS %
THE COUNTRY SAY %
THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS,
INCLUDING THAT %
BIG HOLIDAY %
WEEKEND, WILL BE %
