COVID-19 Vaccine Trials in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – The race to create a COVID-19 vaccine is underway and there is a way that Central Floridians can help with the process.

CNS Healthcare plans to conduct clinical trials in Orlando, according to its website, and is currently seeking participants.

Anyone interested in registering can click here to provide their contact information and answer some questions, even if they are healthy and have ever tested positive for fatal respiratory disease.

Potential participants can also indicate whether they are interested in vaccine trials, drug trials, or both.

As the research community moves closer to finding answers, CNS Healthcare is seeking volunteers for clinical trials. Identifying interested volunteers is crucial to speed enrollment in trials that will provide answers and solutions, ”the website reads.

Registration for similar trials is also open in Jacksonville and Memphis, Tennessee.

The information provided does not indicate when testing will begin, but a Facebook ad claims that those who sign up can earn up to $ 900.

CNS Healthcare has not returned News 6’s requests for comment.

National health leaders, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have said that social distancing and wearing of masks are likely to be “the new normal” until a vaccine is developed and implemented. effective.

Fauci recently said he is hopeful that a vaccine will be available later this year or early next year. Before that happens, vaccines will have to be tested worldwide.

“This is not a race of who comes first. That is, getting as many approved, safe and effective vaccines as possible, “said Fauci.

The United States will open the largest tests: 30,000 people to test a government-created vaccine starting in July, followed about a month later, and another 30,000 are expected to test a British vaccine.

Associated Press contributed to this report.