04-26-2020, 06:51 PM
There have been rumors floating around social media that the first woman to take the "Gates vaccine" in the trial run died a couple of days later. However, she has now come out saying she is still alive.
We know how technology can create "deep fakes", so who is telling the correct story?
It is so hard to discern the truth these days, and being that big pharma would do anything to keep negative press away from their beloved vaccine, I'm inclined to question if this is even her.
May be, may not be.
However, there have been no other reported deaths of the other trial volunteers that I have seen. Hopefully, this is really her and she's still alive.
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We know how technology can create "deep fakes", so who is telling the correct story?
It is so hard to discern the truth these days, and being that big pharma would do anything to keep negative press away from their beloved vaccine, I'm inclined to question if this is even her.
May be, may not be.
However, there have been no other reported deaths of the other trial volunteers that I have seen. Hopefully, this is really her and she's still alive.
Quote:University of Oxford microbiologist Dr Elisa Granato was one of two people to be injected on Thursday as human trials got underway just three months after studies began.
More than 800 people have been recruited for the trial which would break records if claims it could deliver a marketable by September are met.
Dr Granato told the BBC after being injected on her 32nd birthday: "I'm a scientist, so I wanted to try to support the scientific process wherever I can.
"Since I don’t study viruses, I felt a bit useless these days, so I felt like this is a very easy way for me to support the cause."
Cancer researcher Edward O'Neill was also injected on Thursday.
But rumours began circulating earlier today that efforts had been hit by a tragic set back.
An online article, soon debunked as fake news, claimed the zoology expert had died hours after having the injection after experiencing complications.
It falsely claimed she had pre-existing medical conditions that had not been disclosed to doctors carrying out the tests and that four others were "battling complications".
The spread of the article forced Dr Granato to take to Twitter to inform her 6,000 followers she was very much alive.
She said: "Nothing like waking up to a fake article on your death... I'm doing fine everyone. Please don't share the article in question, we don't want to give them attention / clicks. Have a cute cat instead!"
Mirror Online has approached Dr Granato for a comment.
A spokesperson for the Department of Heath and Social Care later tweeted: "News circulating on social media that the first volunteer in a UK coronavirus vaccine trial has died is completely untrue."
Of those chosen for the Oxford trial half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half will receive a control vaccine that protects against meningitis - but not coronavirus.
The design of the trial means patients will not know which vaccine they have received, but medics will.
Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, led the pre-trial research and said she was 80% confident the vaccine would be effective.
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