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Coronavirus: Vaccine hopes boosted as scientists find virus has ‘low shielding’

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Experts say it means there are "fewer obstacles for the immune system to neutralise the virus with antibodies". The world's biggest pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson, told Sky News last month it was confident it had formulated a COVID-19 vaccine and wanted to make available on a not-for-profit basis in 2021. The firm hopes to begin human trials in September, which could mean mass production by early next year. The HIV comparison is significant, as the research was done using special equipment previously provided by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery. Coronavirus: Vaccine hopes boosted as scientists find virus has 'low shielding'

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Experts say it means there are "fewer obstacles for the immune system to neutralise the virus with antibodies".


Coronavirus: Vaccine hopes boosted as scientists find virus has 'low shielding'


The world's biggest pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson, told Sky News last month it was confident it had formulated a COVID-19 vaccine and wanted to make available on a not-for-profit basis in 2021.

The firm hopes to begin human trials in September, which could mean mass production by early next year.

The HIV comparison is significant, as the research was done using special equipment previously provided by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery.

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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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