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Oxford professor says there's 'little chance' of proving coronavirus vaccine works

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coronavirus vaccine works, an expert has claimed. Professor Sarah Gilbert is leading the University of Oxford vaccine trial.But the chances of volunteers coming into contact with an infected person are now low so it will take longer to test the vaccine.Prof Gilbert told the House of Lords Science and Technology committee: "Of course, what happened was that because it (transmission) actually increased much more rapidly than anybody thought was going to happen, we had the lockdown, which fortunately reduced transmission."Not so fortunate for those of us trying to develop vaccines in the UK, because we now have essentially a very large safety immunogenicity study, running in the UK with little chance, frankly, of determining efficacy."She said.

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