Thread by @TrackVaccines

We are thrilled to launch our new initiative covid19vaccinetracker.com! Researchers around the globe are working to develop safe and effective #COVID19 #vaccines as soon as possible. How long will it really take? We've developed a simple resource to track progress-check it out 1/n

We collate & curate COVID19 #vaccine clinical trial data from @WHO & multiple other publicly available sources. Our tracker features vaccine candidates designed specifically to prevent #COVID19. We begin tracking vaccines once they are part of a registered clinical trial. 2/n

Using an innovative card-based system designed by our team, each vaccine candidate is given a summary card which displays the name, primary developer/sponsor, highest phase clinical trial underway, and shows the technology used to develop the vaccine. 3/n covid19vaccinetracker.com/tracker

Click on any card and review the details about that vaccine candidate: How many trials are underway using that vaccine? Where are the clinical trials being conducted? Who are all of the developers/sponsors? What are the trial registration numbers? 4/n covid19vaccinetracker.com/tracker?pgid=k…

Hover over our #COVID19 #vaccine #tracker map and find out how many vaccine candidates and how many trials are ongoing in each country. Countries are color-coded by the highest-level phase of clinical trial ongoing in that country. 5/n covid19vaccinetracker.com

Do you have questions about how vaccines work, why we need a #COVID19 #vaccine, how vaccines are tested to ensure that they are safe and effective, and how COVID19 vaccines are being developed so quickly? We've got answers! 6/n covid19vaccinetracker.com/how-vaccines-w…

Want to learn more about the data sources we use to create the visualizations and map? You can find out more details here. We aim to update the site weekly so check back often. 7/n covid19vaccinetracker.com/about

We are a team of researchers w/ expertise in #vaccines #epidemiology #publichealth #infectiousdiseases & #biostatistics led by Dr. Nicole Basta @IDEpiPhD and Dr. Erica Moodie @mcgillu @McGill_SPGH @McGillEBOH plus an OUTSTANDING group of trainees. 8/n covid19vaccinetracker.com/our-team

We use our expertise to sift through all of the news and reports about #COVID19 #vaccines so you don't have to. Major thanks to key team leads Echo Gao, Andy Becker, Katie Gravagna, Neeta @PokhrelRegmi, @mariasundaram, and Shannon McKearnan. 9/n

Finally, we welcome your feedback/suggestions, so contact us via the "submit a question" form. This is the beta version of our #COVID19 #vaccine #tracker & we have lots of new content/features plus a fantastic new redesign coming soon. 10/10

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