CONDUCTED NEARLY 4,000 TESTS
IN THE PAST DAY JUST SHORT OF
THEIR 5200 PER DAY GOAL. AND
NEW TONIGHT, SOME OF THE
WORLD'S LEADING EXPERTS ON
IMMUNOLOGY WHO HAPPENED TO BE
IN OUR OWN BACKYARD ARE
RELEASING NEW REVELATIONS
ABOUT THE VIRUS AND THE NEWS
IS LOOKING GOOD. FOX FIVE'S
JAMIE CHAMBERS IS LIVE IN LA
HOYA WITH THE NEW DISCOVERIES.
JAMIE.
KATHLEEN THERE STILL SO
MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19
BUT TONIGHT NEW RESEARCH IS
POINTING TO ONE SURPRISING
FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE
POTENTIALLY CROSS IMMUNITIES
TO THIS VIRUS BEFORE IT EVER
HIT OUR SHORES.
AN IMMUNE RESPONSE IS A
RACE BETWEEN YOUR BODY AND THE
VIRUS AND THE WORLD'S LEADING
EXPERTS ON THESE TYPES OF
RESPONSES HERE AT THE LA JOLLA
INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY SET
OUT TO ANSWER 3 CRITICAL
QUESTIONS THAT THE WORLD'S
BEEN WAITING FOR EVERYBODY
WANTS TO KNOW THE PEOPLE
DEVELOP IMMUNITY.
HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE
TO DEVELOP A VACCINE AND IS
THERE ANY REASON TO THINK
THERE IS CROSS PROTECTIVE
IMMUNITY BETWEEN THIS
CORONAVIRUS ANYTHING PEOPLE
SEEN BEFORE AND IT LOOKS LIKE
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS MIGHT
NOT BE AS TOUGH TO DEFEAT AS
PREVIOUSLY FEARED IT WAS A
GOOD NEWS THAT THAT MOST
PEOPLE REALLY WHAT WE CONSIDER
PRETTY ROBUST IMMUNE RESPONSE.
WE THINK MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY
DO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY AND THE
TYPES OF IMMUNE RESPONSE HAS
BEEN MEASURED. A CONSISTENT
WITH THE TYPES OF THINGS
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GENERATE
WITH. THESE MANY DIFFERENT
VACCINE CANDIDATES. BUT NEW
RESEARCH PROVIDES EVIDENCE
THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
INFECTED WITH SOME COMMON
COLD.
MIGHT HAVE CREATED SOME
CROSS IMMUNITY PROTECTION,
YES. MAY EXPLAIN WHY SOME
PEOPLE DON'T GET SO SICK AND
OTHER PEOPLE INSTEAD GET. THEY
MAY SEEK TO ALLOW THE MAKING
IN RESPONSE IF YOU ALREADY
HAVE SOME MEMORY YOU'VE GOT
YOU'VE GOT A HEAD START DOCTOR
SAYS THEIR RESEARCH HAS BEEN
ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN BATTLE THE
VIRUS AND THAT GIVES THEM A
BIT OF A ROAD MAP FOR THE
FUTURE. YOU KNOW THAT THE
VIRUS HAS BEEN FOUGHT
SUCCESSFULLY FROM THE IMMUNE
RESPONSE. REALLY SAYS THIS IS
A KIND OF IMMUNE RESPONSE TO
WANT TO SEE WHEN WE INDUCE A
VACCINE. NOW THIS RESEARCH IS
BEING HANDED OUT TO 90
DIFFERENT VACCINE MAKERS FOR
FREE TRYING TO JUMP-START
THIS.
INFORMATION INTO THE RIGHT
HANDS. THEY SAY THAT THIS IS
ALL REALLY POSITIVE NEWS IN
THAT THE VACCINE MAKERS ARE
ALREADY ON SOME GOOD FOOTING
MOVING FORWARD, BUT THE BIG
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THESE
RESEARCHERS TELL US. IT IS
JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
THESE MASKS WILL BE REMOVED,
WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF
CONCERTS AND BACK AT BALLPARKS
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND
THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL WE JUST HAVE TO
HANG IN THERE WITH THESE
RESEARCHERS AND WITH THE
SCIENTISTS FOR NOW THAT'S THE
VERY LATEST FROM LAWYER. JAMIE
CHAMBERS, FOX 5 NEWS FORTUNATE
FOR US TO HAVE THAT BRAIN
TRUST IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
