Coronavirus vaccine trials begin in Florida

Coronavirus vaccine trials begin in Florida The U.S. broke records with more than 100,000 coronavirus cases in a day. Florida’s numbers are up, too: Charlotte County has almost 4,000 cases, Lee is reporting just over 24,000 and Collier has almost 15,000. There are now clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine in Florida. As in any medical trials, there are risks involved. […] Janae Muchmore WINK NEWS

The U.S. broke records with more than 100,000 coronavirus cases in a day.
Florida’s numbers are up, too: Charlotte County has almost 4,000 cases, Lee is reporting just over 24,000 and Collier has almost 15,000.

There are now clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine in Florida. As in any medical trials, there are risks involved.

Dr. Bruce Rankin, physician investigator at Accel Clinical Research, is overseeing some vaccine trials. He says some participants have experienced a fever, chills and muscle soreness

“None of the vaccines we’ve tested have any live virus in them, so there’s no way to catch the virus from the vaccine, and there’s no way to spread illness to anybody else,” Rankin said.

Each participant receives two vaccines three weeks apart. One month later, they return for blood work. Rankin’s team continues to monitor the participants to test the effectiveness of the vaccine and to determine how often our bodies would require it. ...

Dr. Rankin says a new round of trials will start later this month in Lakeland and St. Petersburg. There aren’t any Southwest Florida vaccine trials, but that didn’t stop a Naples couple from participating They went up to Central Florida in July to take part in a COVID-19 vaccination trial with Dr. Rankin....