Seattle mom Jennifer Haller, 44, has been named truly cool by her kids, Hayden, 16 and Ellison, 13. Haller is among a handful of people worldwide who have received shots of experimental prototype vaccines aimed at finally killing off COVID-19. She was in fact the first healthy person to receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine which she later described to be like a “regular flu shot.” She nonetheless conceded that signing up for the test at Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute carried “a ton of risks.”
Furious scientific activity as 70 vaccines in test stage
Meanwhile, as many as 70 potential coronavirus vaccines are currently in development around the globe, three of which are currently in human trials, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The furthest-along candidate, an experimental vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology and the Hong Kong-listed CanSino Biologics, is currently in phase 2 trials, Bloomberg reported. Two others are also currently being tested in human subjects. Those vaccines are being developed by U.S. drug manufacturers Inovio and Moderna, Bloomberg said, citing a WHO document.
