JAMA NOTES
JAMA September 22/29 2020 Volume 324 Number 12 page 1125
COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccines – First Large Test for a New Approach
Jennifer Abbasi
This article offers new hope for the earlier release of a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 viral epidemic. In it she speaks of the progress on a new pathway using mRNA. This pathway has been in research for a while , perhaps as early as 2002 when the RSC ( Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) was first recognized. Since this new way to achieve results differs from the older track, it seems that it can be processed faster and does not have the same problems that have been encountered with vaccines using eggs or cells. The government program of OPERATION WARP SPEED has been a major help is traveling this new route. There is much optimism over this new approach.