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COVID vaccine research continues in Washington with help of trial participants

As the world reopens, a few community members are still putting their bodies on the line for science in UW research for another vaccine.

By Hannah Weinberger, Crosscut
Published: June 28, 2021, 6:02am
Dr. Tia Babu completes a blood draw during a patient visit with University of Washington psychology and business student Charles Jones, 21, who is participating in a Novavax COVID-19 vaccine phase 1 clinical trial for development of a second generation vaccine at the UW Virology Research Clinic in Seattle on June 10, 2021. UW researchers are partnering with Gritstone, a clinical-stage biotechnology company to produce the vaccine. (Matt M.
Dr. Tia Babu completes a blood draw during a patient visit with University of Washington psychology and business student Charles Jones, 21, who is participating in a Novavax COVID-19 vaccine phase 1 clinical trial for development of a second generation vaccine at the UW Virology Research Clinic in Seattle on June 10, 2021. UW researchers are partnering with Gritstone, a clinical-stage biotechnology company to produce the vaccine. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)

“I’m not sure that vein is as good on the left,” says Charles Jones, 21, looking at his right arm.

Jones, a University of Washington undergraduate, has really gotten to know his veins. He’s lying on an exam table at the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on June 10, preparing for yet another blood draw as a participant in a COVID vaccine clinical trial.

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