Study Day 3 and Vaccines for Dummies

Happy Friday the 13th everyone! So far I havn’t succumbed to the bad luck of being in Room 13 while in an influenze medical study on Friday the 13th HAHA. My immune system is solid as a rock! Thats one of the most important benefits of being fit and eating properly, a juggernaught of an […]

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Study Day 2 – Exposed to the Virus

Exposed! Good morning to all those reading. Today I’m once again writing from a cold, bare room at a medical study facility in Costa Mesa. Its Day 3 of the study at about 9am and I’m sitting here waiting to have my vitals taken for the morning so I figured while I wait, I’ll update […]

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Under Quarantine – Part 2

Hey guys, Im back. In my last post I filled you in on this Influenza vaccine study that I’m participating in. Today was check-in day for Part-B of the study where I will be exposed the the virus to test the success of the new vaccine i received a few months ago. When I left […]

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Under Quarantine – Part 1

​It is 645 am and I’m tired,  hungry and waiting to have my vitals taken and 10 vials of blood drawn with 20 other participants and a handful of nurses and technicians.  Today begins the inpatient portion of a medical study I have been participating in since September; VXA-Chal 201. This will be the first […]

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