Springville UP2022 Virus Outbreak
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- Do you have a suitable plan to undertake this research?
- We have the required procedures and methods in place to answer our research question regarding the vaccine’s safety, efficacy, sustainability and cost. The statistician will guide us on sampling.
- Mr Mayor, we know how this pathogen behaves and we are glad to inform you that we have a formulation for a potential vaccine.
- We have a sub-study to assess motivation for vaccine study participation that will run in parallel with the clinical trial in a form of in-depth interview using open-ended questions. A purposeful sample of the first 15 participants who enroll in the vaccine study will be selected for this qualitative phase
- The study design will be a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled vaccine study running over six months, with 600 participants. We will use questionnaires. The inclusion criteria is males and females, 18 years and above
- I authorize the research team to access the local clinics. I allocate the new wing of the Springville clinic for clinical trials; including the lab, consulting and interview rooms. Which are wi-fi enabled and data collection can be electronic
- All participants will sign a voluntary Informed Consent Form before taking part in the study; we will also obtain UP Ethics Committee and Regulatory Authority approvals before conducting the study
- We will allocate unique numbers to each participant partaking in the study to protect their identity and maintain confidentiality. The results will be disseminated to scientific community and study participants
- Primary data will be collected on source notes and later transferred into a password protected Electronic Data Capturing system for analysis
- UP2022 Virus pandemic noted. The Research Team has been working around the clock to identify a potential vaccine for clinical trials and come with a research concept
- For the quantitative phase, we will use descriptive statistical analysis, through collection of data, we will be able to interpret, analyse and summarize the data and present it in the form of charts, graphs or tables
- For the qualitative aspect of the study, data collected will be categorized into themes to capture recurring themes. Electronic copies of the transcripts and the audio files will be imported into the qualitative analysis software, and will be diligently compared to assure the accuracy of the transcripts
- The research team is briefing the Mayor on the proposed protocol which will outline study design, sampling and procedures to be performed to ensure consistency of the study and accuracy of results.
- Thank you for the support. The study report is out. The data indicates that the vaccine is 90% efficacious against the UP2022 Virus. There were no safety concerns and SAHPRA has authorized product use.
- We thank our scientists on the well-planned executed study. My office will ensure a roll out of the vaccine to allow for herd immunity.
- Thank you for the effort team, I will provide the feedback on the results to the community leaders.
- The Principle Investigator and Nurse Betty reviewing the Ethical implication of the study and participant confidentiality
- Fellow South Africans, the Research Team has been hard at work in finding a vaccine for the UP2022 Virus. I am pleased to inform you that the vaccine has been found to be 90 % effective in the prevention of UP2022 infections. We encourage the community at large to go to their local Community Health Centersto be vaccinated.
- Statistician and Psychologist highlighting data analysis methods.
- Eight months later, the study results are now available. The PI is reporting on the findings of the study to the Mayor and Minister of Health.
- Press conference (Family Meeting) held by Minister of Health to brief the community on the vaccine results.
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