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Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Are Making Progress — But There's Still A Long Way To Go

By Steve Kraske,

Published November 16, 2020 at 4:02 PM CST

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Barbara Pahud talks outside Truman Medical Center-Lakewood on Thursday about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine trial. — Dr. Barbara Pahud from Children's Mercy Hospital talks outside Truman Medical Center-Lakewood on November 12 about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials in Kansas City.

Even as pharmaceutical companies announce high success rates in their most recent trials, life won't return to normal anytime soon.

Dr. Barbara Pahud — part of the team leading the AstraZeneca vaccine trials in Kansas City — says more research needs to be done and that everyone should be prepared to socially distance and wear masks through 2021.

Dr. Barbara Pahud, Director of Infectious Diseases Research at Children’s Mercy Hospital

More information about the ongoing clinical COVID-19 vaccine trials can be found at CoronavirusPreventionNetwork.org.

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