Although his promotional tactics were unusual, Stine was far from the only scientist creating experimental coronavirus vaccines for themselves, family, friends and other interested parties. Dozens of scientists around the world have done it, with wildly varying methods, affiliations and claims. ‘We Are the Animals’The RaDVac vaccine effort, first reported on by MIT Technology Review, is different from Stine’s project in two important ways. For RaDVaC, Estep said, “we are the animals.”But without rigorous clinical trials, August said, there’s no reliable way to know if it is safe or effective. Dr Louis Falo, a lead researcher on University of Pittsburgh’s effort, said he was sceptical that Stine’s vaccine could be safe or effective based on how it was assembled.

Source: bd News24 September 01, 2020 06:00 UTC