"If everything moves smoothly, it takes 3-6 weeks to get to the point where you can start testing (the vaccine to treat COVID-19), then you look to see if they can raise an immune response, normally in an animal. You won't start to get human studies until about the beginning of the summer, probably July (2020). But, it's a bit of a moveable feast."
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Paul Kellam (2020) cited in "Coronavirus v SARS: How similar are the outbreaks?" on Sky News, 4 February 2020.
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