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Re: BAT may have made vaccine breakthrough

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 02 Apr 20 3:25 AM | 49 view(s)
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In a week, we'll probably be told by the quack president to eat tobacco leaves. And his followers will do it, demanding we abandon trials.

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BAT may have made vaccine breakthrough
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Thu, 02 Apr 20 2:58 AM 		Msg. 35173 of 54959

"The world’s second-biggest cigarette maker claims to have made a “significant breakthrough” in the race to find a vaccine for the coronavirus and would be ready to start mass production within three months.

British American Tobacco (BAT), the FTSE 100 company behind Lucky Strike and Dunhill, said it could be producing up to 3m million doses of a vaccine a week by June - far faster than rivals, which are expecting to take at least a year.

BAT intends to start trialling its vaccine in humans as soon as possible. It is running pre-clinical tests and holding urgent talks with US drug authorities to fast-track permissions.

The treatment is being developed by the company's health division Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), which has previously come up with a drug to combat Ebola. It claims to have found an antibody that appears to fight Covid-19, and is manufacturing this using genetically modified tobacco plants..."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/04/01/cigarette-maker-claims-coronavirus-vaccine-breakthrough/

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