Sputnik V – The First Registered Covid-19 Vaccine
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Sputnik was the world's first satellite. Sputnik V (for Vector) is the nickname for the first "approved" Covid-19 vaccine, but isn't really if you look closely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gam-COVID-Vac
Vector means that the common cold adenovirus (the base with the big ACE2-attracting head attached but hopefully harmless) is used to infiltrate the body, first as Ad26 variant and then after three weeks the Ad5 variant. This should create enough antibodies in healthy persons to fight off the SARS-Cov-2 variant.
They could have called the Vector also Rocket because it's the carrier, but Sputnik V matches Saturn V much better. Sputnik R doesn't sound that good, and a vector sound less harmful than rockets or carriers.
"Phase 3 clinical trial involving more than 2,000 people in Russia, a number of Middle Eastern (UAE and Saudi Arabia), and Latin American countries (Brazil and Mexico) will start on August 12.....Mass production of the vaccine is expected to start in September 2020"
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