Former N.C. republican Party director Dallas Woodhouse is among the 30,000 participants in the clinical trial for Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine, which reported initials results Monday of nearly 95 percent efficacy.
RAIN AND POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR IN THE SEASON. >>> AS THE NATION SURPASSES 11 MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES, THERE IS MORE PROMISING NEWS REGARDING A VACCINE. >> NEWLY RELEASED DATA SUGGESTING THE VACCINE BY MADONNA WORKS EXTREMELY WELL. 94% EFFECTIVE. THIS COMES A WEEK AFTER PFIZER REPORTED PROMISING NEWS ABOUT IT'S VACCINE. PEOPLE IN OUR AREA ARE PLAYING A PART IN THE STUDY. >> Reporter: THIS STUDY IS MASSIVE, MODERNA HAS ENROLLED 30,000 PARTICIPANTS, HALF WERE GIVEN THE VACCINE AND HALF WERE GIVEN A PLACEBO. THIS MEANS IF YOU TAKE 100 PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY GET SICK WITH COVID-19, 94 OR 95 WOULD NOT GET SICK. THIS IS GREAT NEWS ACCORDING TO DOCTORS. THIS IS BASED OFF OF 95 INFECTIONS OF PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THE STUDY. ALL BUT FIVE HAD TAKEN THE PLACEBO. THIS PUTS MODERNA AND PFIZER CLOSER TO APPLYING FOR THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FDA. THIS MORNING, DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS HE EXPECTS HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO START RECEIVING ONE OF THE VACCINES BEFORE THE AND OF THE YEAR AND, THE GENERAL POPULATION COULD BE VACCINATED IN EARLY 2021. JANUARY TO MARCH. DALLAS WOODHOUSE IS ONE OF THE LOCAL MODERNA TRIAL PARTICIPANTS. HE SAYS HE GOT TESTED FOR COVID- 19 19 ANTIBODIES WHICH CAME BACK POSITIVE. HE BELIEVES HE WAS GIVEN THE ACTUAL VACCINE AND SO FAR, HE HAS NOT GOTTEN SICK OR, EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS. >> SOME UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND IT GIVES ME PEACE OF MIND TO KNOW I HAVE HAD THE VACCINE. I DID THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. I TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY AND KNOWING I WAS ABLE TO PLAY A SMALL PART IN HELPING PEOPLE GET THEIR LIVES BACK. >> HE SAYS HE HAS AN APP ON HIS CELL PHONE WHERE HE COMMUNICATES ABOUT ONCE A WEEK WITH WAKE RESEARCH, WHO ARE CONDUCTING THE TRIALS LOCALLY CHECKING IN ON IF HE HAS SYMPTOMS. ONE BIG DIFFERENCE WE HAVE LEARNED BETWEEN THE MODERNA VACCINE AND THE PFIZER VACCINE IS IN THE CASE OF MODERNA THE VACCINE DOES NOT NEED TO BE KEPT AT EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES. THAT COULD PROVE TO BE BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF GETTING THE VACCINE IS DEBATED QUICKLY AROUND THE COUNTRY.
