CRISTOBAL STANDING BY DOWNTOWN
WITH INFORMATION ON A POSSIBLE
DISTRIBUTION TIMELINE ALSO
JESSICA HAYES HAS BREAKING
NEWS THE IU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
WAS SELECTED AS A SITE FOR A
VACCINE, CLINICAL TRIAL. THIS
VACCINE IS IN THE FINAL STAGE
OF STUDY BEFORE IT GOES TO THE
FDA FOR APPROVAL FOR
WIDESPREAD PUBLIC USE NOW.
JESS THEY'RE ASKING
HOOSIERS TO TAKE PART WHAT WE
NEED TO KNOW GUYS GOOD MORNING
THAT'S RIGHT 1500 HOOSIERS
FROM AROUND THE STATE ARE
NEEDED TO VOLUNTEER.
OUT OF 30,000 NATIONWIDE
WILL HAVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS
IN JUST A MINUTE THEY'RE
HOPING TO DO THIS OVER THE
NEXT 8 WEEKS. SCIENTISTS AT
OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND
STARTED DEVELOPING THIS IN
JANUARY. THEY PARTNERED WITH
DRUG MAKER ASTRAZENECA IN
APRIL NOW THE IU SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE IS THE ONLY SITE IN
INDIANA INVOLVED IN THESE
PHASE 3 TRIALS OF THE 1500
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED HERE,
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY
AMONG MINORITY GROUPS. THEY
ESPECIALLY IN THE HISPANIC AND
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.
THESE GROUPS HIT ESPECIALLY
HARD BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
COVID-19 HAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LATINO
COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY. AND
I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THAT
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY
TO GET THOSE PARTICULAR
PATIENT POPULATIONS, A PART OF
THIS STUDY IN HOPES THAT THIS
VACCINE CAN THEN HELP THOSE
PEOPLE AS WELL.
VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE TO
TRAVEL TO INDIANAPOLIS YOU'LL
RECEIVE 2 DOSES OF THE VACCINE
OR A PLACEBO. AND YOU HAVE TO
ATTEND FOLLOW-UP VISITS YOU
WILL BE COMPENSATED WE DON'T
KNOW YET HOW MUCH TO VOLUNTEER
YOU HAVE TO BE OVER AGE 18 AND
YOU MUST NOT HAVE HAD A
POSITIVE COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS TO
SIGN UP THE WEBSITE IS ON YOUR
SCREEN WILL ALSO POST THIS FOR
YOU AT FOX 59 DOT COM. NOW IF
THE VACCINE WHICH RIGHT NOW IS
CALLED AZD 1222 ULTIMATELY
RECEIVES FDA APPROVAL.
ASTRAZENECA COULD START WITH
400 MILLION DOSES AND EXPAND
