S representativeTulsiGabbardfromHawaiiendedherDemocraticcampaign.
Andjustthisweek, U.
S SenatorBernieSandersfromVermontendedhisDemocraticcampaign.
SoallthismeansthatformervicePresidentJoeBiden, a Democrat, andincumbentPresidentDonaldTrump, a Republican, aresettobethefinalcandidatesforAmerica's majorpoliticalparties.
A vaccineisnotexpectedtobereadybythetimeoftheelection.
Andwhile a leadingUShealthofficialsaysthevaccineisn't a surethinganyway, it's still a priorityinthefightagainstthenovelornewCoronavirus.
A Coronavirusvaccine.
Conceptual E isnot a verydifficultthingtodo.
Thebestwaytopreventthespreadof a viralinfectionistohave a vaccine.
NormalVaccinedevelopmentTakesseveralyearsScientistsaroundtheworldarein a raceagainsttimetryingtodevelop a vaccinewayoffightinganoutbreak.
Rightnow, asthenovelCoronaviruscontinuestospreadaroundtheglobe, scientistsinGermany, likecountlessothersaroundtheworld, arein a raceagainsttimetryingtodevelop a vaccineasfastaspossibleforanillness.
Thescientificworldhas a lottolearnaboutthefamilyofCorona.
Virusesarenotnew.
We'veknownaboutthemfor a verylongtime.
Infact, there's a groupofthemthathavebeeninfectinghumansfor a verylongperiodoftimeandabout 10 to 30% ofalltheupperrespiratoryinfectionscausedbyCoronaviruses.
Forhumans, it's a novelvirus, butwhenyoutalkaboutnovelviruses, they'renewtothehumanspeciesbecause, toourknowledge, a humanandthehumanspecieshasneverbeeninfectedwiththisparticularvirus.
That's whatyoumeanbynew.
It's reallynewtohumans.
Thepressurecouldn't behigher, withthenumberofnovelCoronaviruscasesjumpingeverydayandtheglobaleconomytaking a beatingfromtheCoronaviruseseffects.
PresidentTrumphad a meetingwithdrugmakers, urgedtheindustrytocomeupwiththevaccine.
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We'removingaggressivelytoacceleratetheprocessofdeveloping a vaccine.
A lotofgoodthingsarehappeningandhappeningveryfast.
I saidDome a favor, speeditup, speeditupandtheywill.
Thebestwaytopreventthespreadof a viralinfectionistoehave a vaccinethatbuildsuptheimmunityinsomeonesothatthey'reprotectedfromthespreadofinfection.
Coronavirusesarenamedbecausetheyresemble a crownwithspikesonthesurface.
Thisis a spikeproteinthatisonthesurfaceof a Coronabuyers, andit's whatallowsittoattachtogetintothecellsoftherespiratory.
Thisis a spikeproteinfromthesurfaceof a Coronavirus, anditsitsontheviruslikethis, anditallowsthevirustoattachtoanentercells.
We'refightinganoutbreakrightnow, andthereforeregulatoryauthoritiesarehandsonandtryingtodothiswithin a year's time.
Sofornormalvaccinedevelopment, thatentireprocesswouldtakeinthe 10 to 20 yearstogothroughallthevariousstepsthatit's extremelyexpensivetoworkwithhumans.
We'retryingtodothisthisfastaswecan.
Onoptimistically.
Bestcasescenariomightbe a yearmorerealisticallywouldbeinthe 18 to 24 months.
Thephaseoneshouldbein a matterofweeks.
That's actuallyreallyexcitingthatwe'reonlytwoorthreemonthsoutfromthefirstdetectionofthevirus, andwe'restartingtoenroll a facetrial.
Gettingthatdonewithin a yearisalmostunheardofasfarasthecertificationoffdrugsisconcerned.
Butthefolksofthecompanytellusthatthey'vealmostneverseenthisamountofinternationalurgencyonthepartofgovernmentsonthepartofNGOsandalsoforceonthepartofdrugcompaniesandlabstotryandget a vaccineonthemarketasfastaspossibleandassafeaspossible.
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