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In the news:
"The multibillion-dollar effort to get a coronavirus vaccine on the market could see delays because researchers haven't recruited sufficient numbers of minorities to join the clinical trials.
Of the 350,000 people who've registered online for a coronavirus clinical trial, 10% are Black or Latino, according to Dr. Jim Kublin, executive director of operations for the Covid-19 Prevention Network.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, gave the Moderna trial, the first in Phase 3 in the United States, a "C" grade for recruiting minorities.
Study subjects in trials are supposed to reflect the population that's affected. Research shows that more than half of US coronavirus cases have been among Black and Latino people.
If not enough Black people and other minorities enroll, the panel of experts who monitor the trials could force a delay until they get the numbers they need.
"That's something that's been actively discussed," said Dr. Nelson Michael, coordinator of community engagement activities for Operation Warp Speed, the government's effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. "There's a lot of concern."
Pfizer and Moderna started their Phase 3 vaccine clinical trials on July 27 and expect to have them fully enrolled in September. Other vaccine trials will soon follow, and Operation Warp Speed aims to deliver 300 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine by January. That’s a speed unheard of in the history of vaccine clinical trials.
The multibillion-dollar effort to get a coronavirus vaccine on the market could see delays because researchers haven't recruited sufficient numbers of minorities to join the clinical trials.
Of the 350,000 people who've registered online for a coronavirus clinical trial, 10% are Black or Latino, according to Dr. Jim Kublin, executive director of operations for the Covid-19 Prevention Network.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, gave the Moderna trial, the first in Phase 3 in the United States, a "C" grade for recruiting minorities.
Study subjects in trials are supposed to reflect the population that's affected. Research shows that more than half of US coronavirus cases have been among Black and Latino people.
If not enough Black people and other minorities enroll, the panel of experts who monitor the trials could force a delay until they get the numbers they need.
"That's something that's been actively discussed," said Dr. Nelson Michael, coordinator of community engagement activities for Operation Warp Speed, the government's effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. "There's a lot of concern."
Pfizer and Moderna started their Phase 3 vaccine clinical trials on July 27 and expect to have them fully enrolled in September. Other vaccine trials will soon follow, and Operation Warp Speed aims to deliver 300 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine by January. That’s a speed unheard of in the history of vaccine clinical trials." {CNN.com}
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My thoughts:
This week was a pretty chill one. My mom's birthday is coming up {it's today, actually, so I guess it was coming up} so we spent a bit of time making plans for that. Finding gifts, making cards, etc. I also worked on a playlist with one of my friends, which I will link on my main page once we finish it. Make sure to check it out once it's released! We also came up to our vacation house, once again. My hope is while we're here, I'll make some good progress through the book I'm reading, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, start working on a video for my YouTube channel on how to embroider and work on an embroidery project I recently started. So far it is going very well and I'm excited to see how it turns out! I'm thinking about making a Spotify playlist specially for my subscribers--namely you guys! If you have any ideas, comment below some bands or songs and I'll start putting together a playlist! I'm wanting to start being more interactive with you guys--which posts I make, differences you want to see in my site, etc. I may send out a Google Form later on asking for some opinions from you guys. For the most part, it was a good week, just another where not much happened that wasn't music related.
If you guys are interested in that subscriber playlist, please, please recommend songs and/or bands below! I look forward to getting to know you all and check out your tastes in music! Good luck to anyone going/who has gone back to school! Hope you're all doing well and have a great week!
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