By Nsikan Akpan
Russia has just announced that it has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. National Geographic interviewed NIAID director Anthony Fauci for his take on this development. He says that he seriously doubts whether Russia has in fact run all the trials to make sure the vaccine is safe and effective.
Stage Three is when a vaccine is tested on human subjects. It is meant to measure how effective and safe it is, and how much should be administered. The Kremlin has claimed that it completed all the proper tests before President Putin's announcement, but other Russian officials insist otherwise. An executive financing the vaccine said that although tests began in several countries, no records of completion could be found in the country's Health Ministry.
Fauci has also said that the US currently has half a dozen drugs in testing, and could roll them out to have no or even harmful effects as soon as next week. "But that's not the way it works."
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