Tucson COVID-19 Vaccine Trial about to hit 'Warp Speed'

Tucson COVID-19 Vaccine Trial about to hit 'Warp Speed'

Tucson clinic gets federal boost to get more participants for COVID-19 vaccine trial

-- IS GETTING HELP FROM THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT'LLALLOW THEM TO FINALLY MOVE AT"WARP SPEED" -- AND HELP THECOUNTRY REBOUND."LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELLEVERYBODY TO GO GET IT!

LET'SGET RID OF THIS COVID.

LET'SKICK COVID YOU KNOW WHAT." DR.JACK MCGETTIGAN IS HOPEFULTHIS MODERNA VACCINE WILL BETHE ONE TO FINALLY KICK COVID.HIS QUALITY OF LIFE MEDICALAND RESEARCH CENTER JUST GOT ABOOST IN ITS EFFORT TO TESTTHE EFFICACY OF THE VIRUS.

THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISPROVIDING TRAILERS TO EACH OFTHE NEARLY 90 CLINICSNATIONWIDE, TAKING PART IN THEPHASE 3 TRIAL.

AFTER ENROLLINGABOUT 25 PARTICIPANTS A DAY --THIS WILL ALLOW QUALITY OFLIFE TO TRAVEL AT "WARPSPEED." "MAYBE JUST STORINGPATIENTS OUT THERE, POSTVACCINE.

WE KIND OF SHOW THEMHOW TO USE THEIR DIARY.

THESAME PROCESS THAT YOU WENTTHROUGH.

SO WE CAN KIND OFFLOOD THIS CLINIC WITH MOREPATIENTS." I WAS ONE OF THEFIRST IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA TOBE ENROLLED IN THE COVID-19VACCINE TRIAL.

OVER TWO WEEKSAGO, WHEN I RECEIVED THE FIRSTOF MY TWO INJECTIONS -- ITTOOK ME ABOUT 2 AND A HALFHOURS TO COMPLETE THE FIRSTVISIT.

WITH THIS NEW TRAILER-- AS PART OF "OPERATION WARPSPEED" -- QUALITY OF LIFE WILLBE ABLE TO CUT THAT TIMEALMOST IN HALF -- ENROLLINGMANY MORE PARTICIPANTS EACHDAY.

NATIONALLY, CNN REPORTSMODERNA'S VACCINE TRIAL MAY BEDELAYED BECAUSE OF A LACK OFMINORITY PARTICIPANTS.ACCORDING TO CNN -- BLACKPEOPLE AND LATINOS ACCOUNT FORMORE THAN 50% OF COVID-19CASES NATIONWIDE.

SO FAR, THEYMAKE UP ONLY 15% OFPARTICIPANTS.

QUALITY OF LIFEMEDICAL & RESEARCH CENTERTELLS ME THEY'RE DOING WELLENROLLING LATINO PARTICIPANTS,ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE FINALNUMBERS YET.AS OF TONIGHT -- QUALITY OFLIFE HAS ENROLLED 367-PARTICIPANTS -- SURPASSING THEGOAL MODERNA HAD SET FOR THETUCSON TRIAL.

DR. MCGETTIGANIS STILL HOPING FOR AT LEAST1- THOUSAND PATIENTS HERE INTUCSON.

AS THEY CONTINUE TOENROLL NEW PARTICIPANTS --EARLY PATIENTS IN THE STUDYLIKE ME -- ARE JUST OVER AWEEK AWAY FROM RECEIVING THESECOND -- AND FINAL -- DOSE OFTHE VACCINE OR PLACEBO.HELPING UNEMPLOYED WORKERS --BOUNCE BACK INTO THE JOB