applied
applied to retire from the fire department effective November4@ first new at 6:00 tonight.
We are seven months into the
Corona virus pandemic and just
this week cases reached4@ an all
time high in the U.S. but
vaccines offer4@ hope4@ and
pharmaceutical companies are
racing to find a dose that
could protect us from Kovik, 19
.
And Robin, you volunteered to
help in that effort.
That's right.
I am4@ one of dozens of people
taking part in a human clinical
trial right here Knoxvlle with
the help of photojournalist
Brian Holt and digital4@
storyteller Elizabeth.
Since we show you what it's
like to go4@ from answering
dozens of questions to rolling
up my sleeve for an
experimental short >>4@ the >>
path to a successful Kuvin 19
Baccine4@ could begin.
This hospital4@4@ left behind ts
door >> could be the key to
ending the corona virus
pandemic. 4@
Volunteer Research Group is
co4@nducting several humand
clinical trials for Kuvin4@ 19
vaccines.
Pharmaceutical companies are
testing vaccines here on
healthy patients.
I'm volunteering for the stu4@dy
headed by Pfizer.
The drug company is recruiting
up to 440004@ thousand people
around the globe to take part
in the U.S. spans from Knoxvlle
to St. Louis to Honolulu.
>> Here4@ hospitalize >> it's a
stage three trial which means
they have4@ already been to othr
groups injected with a vaccine
if it passes this round of
tests.
It could be made public.
4@The consent form is 25 pages
long.
It explains4@ the study who
qualifies as possible side
effects like pain at the
injection site fever, body
aches and chills >> to find out
if I even qualify for the study
.
I answered dozens of questions
about my health.
Then they sent me to a room to
have blood drawn.
I'm looking away4@4@.
Thank you.
Now this is what I've been
dreading Cauvin 19 tests to see
if I4@ have the virus.
I don't have >> symptoms but I
do have two kids in college4@.
They are the so-called super
spreaders of this virus.
So it's possible. 4@
>> This is the power of its
lklv4@ and we're gonna support
both Mastro's.
You might make his knees Doc4@
make you call.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah. Okay. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Yeah.
Okay. Yeah. She was right.
It made me feel like I needed
to sneeze.
4@The test comes back negative.
>> Hello.
4@I'm here.
Hello >>.
After a quick physical this
doctor will decide whether to
give me the green light to take
part in the study.
This gives researchers a
baseline a way to determine if
anything unusual pops up after
the shot >> and if they can
remove your mask.
Absolutely.
It's crazy to say these4@ days.
Just open up for me please.
I'm just gonna listen for your
heart is beating.
Yeah, Sit back.
OK.
Do.
OK. Do.
OK. Do. They're getting pass.
Yeah >> I'm given the green
light to get COVID-19
vaccination.
Now I wait4@.
This is a double blind study
meaning the lead researcher4@ ad
I have no idea whether I'm
getting the vaccine or a
placebo.
The pharmacist giving the shot
is the only one4@ who knows.
The reason is to prevent bias
when reporting4@ side effects ad
other data scientists gathered
during the study.
The experimental shot is in the
cooler.
It's time4@ for my vaccination.
Right >>?
Are you ready?
Yeah, I'm ready to do it.
Okay.
Per protocol.
Have you looked to the right
away4@ already?
4@Thank Tate4@. 4@
We'll be right there4@.
Okay.
You are all set.
So keep an eye4@ on you for the
next 30 minutes.
What was it?
That was that's easy for you4@.
It was it was easy.
I mean it was just like a
typical shot.
You know4@, Dad, there is a
little pinch if you4@ will and
the little Tingley.
I felt as it was going forth
but a simple simple as that.
So it's done.
And the journey begins as4@ I
wait out the 30 minutes for any
possible reactions to the
Baccine4@4@4@4@4@ I'm given inss
for the next part of the study.
>> So this is thermometer here
and take her to nature every
night for seven days starting
today and this is if you have
any redness or swelling it's
just kind of moves on the
injection and the body
correlates with the number.
We want you to put that on your
diary as well.
Okay, 24 hours >> later no
fever, no aches, no chills.
But it's the one >> thing that
I am noticing this morning is
that my arm where I had the
injection is much more sore
today than it was yesterday.
Now it's not so sore that it'4@s
going to keep me from doing my
daily activities by any means.
But it's not a situation where
I'm gonna want to go out and
lift weights or anything4@ like
that.
And Robyn, it's important to
note that was just the first
shot.
That's okay.
I'm happy to report my arm, OK
?
But you're right.
This trial that I'm in requires
two