{"id":759724,"date":"2020-02-25T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=759724"},"modified":"2020-02-25T08:54:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T13:54:25","slug":"thousands-of-monkeys-infected-with-coronavirus-by-u-s-scientists-to-find-a-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=759724","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Of Monkeys Infected With Coronavirus By U.S. Scientists To Find A Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>US scientists have infected 2,400 rhesus macaques with coronavirus to find a vaccine. Symptoms include fever, cough, pneumonia, organ failure, septic shock, and death.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ANNA SAVVA:<\/strong><em> &#8216;Lab monkeys have been infected with a deadly strain of coronavirus in a bid to find a vaccine to halt the disease&#8217;s path. Rhesus macaques have been infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-Cov) and then given an experimental antiviral vaccine. More than 2,400 of the animals have been infected with the disease by scientists&#8230; The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control estimates that the particular strain has already killed 910 humans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Symptoms of MERS include fever, cough, and\/or shortness of breath, with pneumonia, organ failure and septic shock often caused by the disease&#8230; The macaques study had one group of primates, housed at a lab in Hamilton, Montana, receive the drug 24 hours before infection with MERS-CoV&#8230; The animals which were treated after infection had less damage done to their lungs than the control animals&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The UK&#8217;s RSPCA estimates thousands of monkeys, mainly macaques and marmosets, are used in research and testing. RSPCA say: &#8220;In the UK, around 3,000 monkeys are used annually. Much of this use is to develop and test the safety and effectiveness of potential human medicines and vaccines. &#8220;Primates are also used for studying how the brain functions and in research relating to human reproduction.&#8221; In the US a record 71,317 monkeys were used in labs in 2010 and a similar number were tested on in 2018, when 70,797 monkeys were used&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/thousands-lab-monkeys-infected-coronavirus-21560201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21wKXUEZ3m4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNA SAVVA: &#8216;Lab monkeys have been infected with a deadly strain of coronavirus in a bid to find a vaccine to halt the disease&#8217;s path. 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