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U.S. NEWS Monday 16 March 2020
Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial starts Monday

By ZEKE MILLER Seattle, the official said. grow. Importantly, they're
Associated Press Public health officials say pursuing different types of
WASHINGTON (AP) — A it will take a year to 18 vaccines — shots devel-
clinical trial evaluating a months to fully validate any oped from new technolo-
vaccine designed to pro- potential vaccine. gies that not only are faster
tect against the new coro- Testing will begin with 45 to produce than tradition-
navirus will begin Monday, young, healthy volunteers al inoculations but might
according to a govern- with different doses of shots prove more potent. Some
ment official. co-developed by NIH and researchers even aim for
The first participant in the Moderna Inc. There's no temporary vaccines, such
trial will receive the ex- chance participants could as shots that might guard
perimental vaccine on get infected from the shots, people's health a month or
Monday, the official said, because they don't con- two at a time while longer-
speaking on the condition tain the virus itself. The goal lasting protection is devel-
of anonymity because the is purely to check that the oped. A gun store customer that gave his name only at John waits in
trial has not been publicly vaccines show no worri- For most people, the new line, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Burbank, Calif.
announced yet. The Na- some side effects, setting coronavirus causes only Associated Press
tional Institutes of Health is the stage for larger tests. mild or moderate symp-
funding the trial, which is Dozens of research groups toms, such as fever and more than 156,000 people recover. According to the
taking place at the Kaiser around the world are racing cough. For some, especial- and left more than 5,800 World Health Organization,
Permanente Washington to create a vaccine as CO- ly older adults and people dead. The death toll in the people with mild illness re-
Health Research Institute in VID-19 cases continue to with existing health prob- United States is more than cover in about two weeks,
lems, it can cause more 50, while infections neared while those with more se-
Georgia Tech officer severe illness, including 3,000 across 49 states and vere illness may take three
weeks to six weeks to
pneumonia. The worldwide the District of Columbia.
who killed student outbreak has sickened The vast majority of people recover.q

won't face charges

ATLANTA (AP) — A Geor- vestigation found three
gia Tech police officer suicide notes and Schultz's
who fatally shot a student parents confirmed he suf-
struggling with depression fered from depression and
won't face criminal charg- tried to kill himself two years
es, a district attorney an- earlier.
nounced Friday. Howard said evidence indi-
Officer Tyler Beck shot and cates Schultz provoked the
killed fourth-year student officers so they could shoot
Scout Schultz in Sept. 2017 him. Attorney Chris Stewart,
after Schultz refused to who represents Schultz's
drop his weapon. parents, said the "suicide
Fulton County District Attor- by cop" defense doesn't
ney Paul Howard said Beck justify the shooting.
won't face criminal charg- Schultz's parents filed a
es in Schultz's death, news wrongful death lawsuit
outlets reported. Howard against Georgia Tech, the
said two use-of-force ex- Board of Regents of the Uni-
perts concluded the shoot- versity System of Georgia
ing was justified. and Beck. The lawsuit said
Schultz, 21, called police Beck used excessive force
and said a man was walk- and wasn't adequately
ing around the dorms with trained to respond to situ-
a knife and possibly had a ations involving people ex-
gun. Schultz gave police a periencing mental health
physical description of him- crises. If he'd had proper
self. training, Schultz would be
Beck and three other of- alive, Stewart previously
ficers were dispatched to said.
the parking deck where Beck had been an officer
Schultz was waiting with for about 16 months at the
a multi-tool knife. A video time of the shooting, and
capturing the incident training records do not in-
shows Schultz daring po- dicate that he had training
lice to fire their weapons as in crisis intervention tech-
he ignored officers' com- niques. Less than one-third
mands to stand still and of Georgia Tech's police of-
drop his weapon. ficers had undergone the
Beck shot Schultz in the 40-hour course, according
chest. to records released by the
The Georgia Bureau of In- school at that time.q