Canadian-Led Ebola Vaccine Hugely Successful, Provides 100% Protection: Study

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Canadian-Led Ebola Vaccine Hugely Successful, Provides 100% Protection: Study
Topic Started: Aug 1 2015, 04:17 AM (159 Views)
Darcie	Aug 1 2015, 04:17 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: An Ebola vaccine provided 100 per cent protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, marking "the beginning of the end" of the killer West African outbreak. The world is "on the verge of an effective Ebola vaccine," the World Health Organization (WHO) said, hailing the results from the first efficacy test of the VSV-ZEBOV vaccine among people living in a high-danger zone. "This is an extremely promising development," added WHO chief Margaret Chan. "An effective vaccine will be another very important tool for both current and future Ebola outbreaks. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/07/31/canada-ebola-vaccine-success_n_7911720.html?utm_hp_ref=canada OMG Scientists do good, more bad news for the CPC. lol



Trotsky	Aug 1 2015, 05:17 AM Post #2
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	100% protection...that's novel for a vaccine. I'll bet the data was gathered by the manufacturer. I guess the next step is to demand all school children worldwide are vaccinated. Edited by Trotsky, Aug 1 2015, 05:18 AM.



Kahu	Aug 1 2015, 12:24 PM Post #3
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Glad some progress has been made on this front.



Durgan	Aug 1 2015, 01:34 PM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	Ebola could sure scare the crap out of people, who live in the affected areas. I sure hope the vaccine is available and dispensed ASP.



Olive Oil	Aug 1 2015, 06:11 PM Post #5
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	Invented right here in Winnipeg, it's bound to be great stuff! :winner:



Dana	Aug 2 2015, 03:32 AM Post #6
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Darcie Aug 1 2015, 04:17 AM Quote: An Ebola vaccine provided 100 per cent protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, marking "the beginning of the end" of the killer West African outbreak. The world is "on the verge of an effective Ebola vaccine," the World Health Organization (WHO) said, hailing the results from the first efficacy test of the VSV-ZEBOV vaccine among people living in a high-danger zone. "This is an extremely promising development," added WHO chief Margaret Chan. "An effective vaccine will be another very important tool for both current and future Ebola outbreaks. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/07/31/canada-ebola-vaccine-success_n_7911720.html?utm_hp_ref=canada OMG Scientists do good, more bad news for the CPC. lol I had read a story about the origins of the vaccine where it was two scientists noodling around, experimenting on something they just felt like, rather than a directed industrial sort of approach which is now the order of the day for scientists working for government. That is very cpc policy, isn't it.



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