Riding In Cars With Researchers

I'm Dr. Jeff Kingsley and welcome to another edition of Riding in Cars with Researchers. Let's discuss the difference between the treatment trials for COVID-19 and the vaccine trials for COVID-19 19. The treatment trials we're doing for COVID-19 are with monoclonal antibodies. So what we're doing is we're taking known antibodies that can bind the right receptor, bind the right protein, and give you protection from COVID-19. And we're giving you the antibody! If you've gotten infected with COVID-19, your body has not yet figured out how to defeat it. We can jumpstart you by giving you an antibody that is designed to be effective in defeating COVID-19. It's different in vaccine research where we're giving your body a chance to build its own immunity, build its own antibodies, in advance of you ever getting COVID-19. So if you get COVID-19, we're trying to give you an antibody in advance of your own body's ability to figure it out and say, “Hey, let's h