December 28, 2020
The speed of the coronavirus vaccine's development has some worried key steps were left out. We talked to experts about the process.
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There’s a lot of false information out there about the two leading COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. We wanted to provide the facts and answer some questions.
I’m not a doctor but know a few, so we asked: Did researchers skip key steps in vaccine development, like animal testing, for example?
“Steps were not skipped. There are clinical trials and pre-clinical trials that have to happen. So there are requirements in place to make sure that the appropriate standards are met," said Dr. Khalilah Gates, a pulmonary care specialist with Northwestern Medicine.