Moderna's COVID vaccine candidate appears to be safe and provide some immunity, new data from early trial shows

Posted on AllSides July 14th, 2020
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A candidate vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the federal government and Moderna, Inc., appears to be safe and to trigger an immune response, according to data released Tuesday from an early phase trial.

But whether that immune response is enough to protect someone from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 remains unclear, according to several experts who reviewed the results.

Moderna's chief medical officer Dr. Tal Zaks said although the protective effect of their vaccine can't technically be known yet, all indications are that mRNA-1273 will be both...

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