• Question: do you's test on animals when creating a vaccine?

    Asked by ruby.the.reindeer to Tom, Sanjeev, Orla, Fiona, Cillian on 11 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Sanjeev Kumar

      Sanjeev Kumar answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I am not involved in creating a vaccine. However, I work on the development of wearable devices for healthcare applications, and I know that it’s a prerequisite to perform tests on animals before it can become available for public use. When a successful test on animals is demonstrated, only then the vaccine can be approved for public use.

    • Photo: Fiona Malone

      Fiona Malone answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I don’t work with creating vaccines, however animal and human testing is quite common in order to make sure the vaccine isn’t harmful to patients

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