Masks May Protect Those Wearing Them; Vaccines To Enter Large-Scale Trials
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🗓️ 21 July 2020
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Summary
Experimental coronavirus vaccines are headed for large-scale tests on tens of thousands of people. Multiple companies are preparing to begin those tests, a major hurdle in vaccine development.
We know masks keep us from infecting others with the virus. Now, scientists believe they can also help protect the people wearing them.
And NPR's Nurith Aizenmann reports that face coverings are one of the surest ways for cities and states to avoid returning to full lockdown measures and could potentially save 40,000 American lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Many people say it is patriotic to wear a face mask. |
| 0:03.9 | That is what the president tweeted on Monday with a photo of himself in a mask. |
| 0:09.6 | I was very pleased to see the president wearing a mask and tweeting about masks. |
| 0:14.3 | The Vice President does that consistently. |
| 0:17.3 | So I think we've turned the corner where on the road of a consistent message. |
| 0:21.5 | Dr. Anthony Fauci told NPR today that's how you need to do it. |
| 0:25.7 | Give clear and consistent public health messages. |
| 0:29.0 | He said daily briefings from the president, which restarted this week, |
| 0:33.0 | could be a way to do that. |
| 0:34.4 | If we do this and we do it right, it will be very informative for the American public. |
| 0:39.1 | And I hope that that's what we see. |
| 0:41.0 | The decision has been made that they will resume. |
| 0:43.9 | Let's just see how it goes. |
| 0:45.7 | Coming up how different vaccine trials are going. |
| 0:48.8 | And Vice-Hintes now think masks actually protect the people wearing them too. |
| 0:54.5 | This is Consider This from NPR. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm Kelly McEvers. |
| 0:57.4 | It's Tuesday, July 21st. |
| 1:27.4 | Their immune response was promising and they had no major side effects. |
| 1:31.6 | A second vaccine in an even bigger study on more than a thousand people |
| 1:35.6 | was tested by scientists at the University of Oxford. |
| 1:38.1 | The vaccine safety as we had hoped looked fine, |
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