I DON'T SEE THIS DISAPPEARING
THE WAY SARS 1 DID.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT
IT IS SO EFFICIENT IN ITS
ABILITY TO TRANSMIT FROM HUMAN
TO HUMAN THAT I THINK WE WILL
ULTIMATELY GET CONTROL OF IT.
I DON'T SEE IS REALLY
ERADICATING IT.
THAT WAS DR. FAUCI ECHOING
WHAT THE EXPERTS A
ORGANIZATION SAID IN MAY.
HE PUTS A FINE POINT ON THE
URGENCY OF DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE
VACCINES THAT COULD HELP US
RETURN TO A SENSE OF NORMALCY.
THIS DOCTOR IS THE DIRECTOR OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH
SYSTEMS.
INC.
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
IT IS A SITE FOR THE VACCINE
CLINICAL TRIALS AND PERHAPS
SOME OF OUR VIEWERS RIGHT NOW
WANT TO BE PART OF THAT MODERNA
TRIAL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR AND WHO TELEVISE?
THANK YOU.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR 1000 PEOPLE
IN MIAMI AND THIS IS A VACCINE
TRIAL THAT HAS SHOWN TO BE SAFE
AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHOW
ANTIBODY RESPONSES WHO ARE
LOOKING FOR THAT AND WE ARE
LOOKING FOR 1000 IN MIAMI AND
THOSE ARE ADULTS AND --
PEOPLE WATCHING THIS WOULD
BE ASKING THEMSELVES ARE
VOLUNTEERS COMPENSATED AND WHAT
MOTIVATES THEM TO DO THIS, AND
HOW WOULD YOU CONVINCE SOMEONE
OUT THERE THINKING OF BECOMING
A VOLUNTEER TO DO IT?
WE ALREADY HAVE HUNDREDS OF
VOLUNTEERS AND I THINK REALLY
THE BIG MOTIVATION IS TO BE
ABLE TO HELP PERHAPS
THEMSELVES, BUT MANY OTHERS
ONCE WE GET THE RESULTS, THIS
VIRUS IS, WE ARE LEARNING, THE
VACCINE WILL BE ONE OF THE ONLY
AND BEST WAYS TO BE ABLE TO
PREVENT FUTURE INFECTIONS AND
PARTICIPANTS WILL BE
COMPENSATED MONETARILY, BUT I
THINK REALLY THE MAIN THING
REALLY IS A GIFT TO SCIENCE TO
BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE
TRIALS.
OBVIOUSLY THE OVERALL
SUCCESS IS A VACCINE THAT WORKS
AND COULD HELP CURB THE SPREAD
OF COVID-19, BUT PARTICULARLY
HERE AT THE TRIAL PHASE, WHAT
ARE THE SUCCESS BENCHMARKS THAT
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR?
SO FAR WE KNOW THE VACCINE
IS SAFE, MEANING IT DOESN'T HAVE
SIDE EFFECTS BUT WE ALSO KNOW
THAT IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO
PRODUCE ANTIBODIES AND THOSE
WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINE
AND THAT MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL THAT THOSE ANTIBODIES
WILL BE ABLE TO FIGHT OFF
FUTURE INFECTIONS.
WHEN WE GO TO TRIAL, WILL BE
LOOKING NOT ONLY AT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIBODIES BUT
ALSO LOOKING AT HOW MANY
PARTICIPANTS WE SEE THAT BECOME
INFECTED AFTER THE VACCINE A.
THERE IS ALSO A SHORTAGE
CURRENTLY OF CONVALESCENT
PLASMA.
FIRST OF ALL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN
WHAT IS CONVALESCENT PLASMA AND
WHY IS IT SO CRITICAL?
THANK YOU.
SO CONVALESCENT PLASMA IS A
TRANSFUSION.
IT IS THE PART OF THE BLOOD
THAT DOES NOT HAVE SELF AND IT
CONTAINS ANTIBODIES.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS RECOVERED FROM
COVID-19 HAS DEVELOPED THOSE
ANTIBODIES.
THOSE ANTIBODIES ARE IN THE
PLASMA AND WHEN INFUSED WITH
SOMEBODY INFECTED WITH SEVERE
COVID-19, IT IS SHOWN THAT IT
MAY BE BENEFICIAL IN CURING THE
INFECTION.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DONE A
CONVALESCENT PLASMA IN FLORIDA
AND ALL OF THE COUNTRY AND IT
HAS BEEN USED FOR INFECTIONS IN
THE PAST AND IF THERE IS A
SHORTAGE, I INVITE ANYBODY WHO
HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH COVID-19
TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF BECOMING A DONOR OF
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
WE HAVE DONE SEVERAL STORIES
ON THAT AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN SIGN
UP FOR THAT AND WEBSITE,
CBSMIAMI.COM.
FLORIDA IS A HOT BED FOR THIS
PANDEMIC AND WE STILL CALL AT
THE EPICENTER OF IT RIGHT NOW
SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE DOING
WRONG X WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING
THAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE TO
BE ABLE TO FLATTEN THE CURVE?
I THINK THE VIRUS, WE WERE
VERY STRICT AT THE BEGINNING
AND WE HAVE USED A LOT OF WHAT
WE CALL STAYING AWAY FROM
PEOPLE AND MASKS AND WASHING
HANDS AND RIGHT NOW THE STATE
HAS OPENED AND WE SEE PEOPLE
AROUND AND WE SEE IT IS HARD TO
PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION AND
THAT IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL TO
HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF PREVENTING
WITH THE VACCINE AND IF WE HAVE
A EFFECTIVE VACCINES THAT SOME
OF THE MEASURES WE ARE USING
WON'T BE NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AS HE SAID
THE EPICENTER OF THE EPICENTER
AND WE REALLY REALLY NEED TO
STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE CERTAINLY DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING