CNBC August 12, 2020
Key Points
– Louis decided to participate in an experimental vaccine trial for Covid-19 after a friend got sick and fell into a coma.
– He got a dose of the Moderna vaccine at the Wake Research-Clinical Research Center of Nevada.
– In late July, some 300 to 500 residents were asked to volunteer.
When Louis, a 45-year-old Las Vegas resident, heard that Moderna was looking for volunteers to enroll in its Covid-19 vaccine trial, he eagerly accepted.
Moderna, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, kicked off its Phase 3 clinical trial for its mRNA-1273 vaccine this summer. The federal government invested in Moderna as part of its “Operation Warp Speed,” an effort to make a coronavirus vaccine available as...
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