Flu virus put into noses of volunteers willing to sneeze for science
(31 Jan 2014) US FLU SOURCE: AP TELEVISION RESTRICTIONS: TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 4.34 AP Television Bethesda, Maryland - January 14, 2014 1. Flu study participant laying down on hospital bed as doctor and assistants stand over him 2. Tight of doctor administering flu virus through volunteer's nose, pull out to wide 3. Tight of doctor administering flu virus in volunteer's second nostril 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Bennett, Flu study volunteer: "From what my understanding is I think it's a lower strand of the flu that they're testing right now. I have absolutely no clue, and I'm prepared for the worst." 5. Wide of Bennett taking a book from hospital nightstand 6. Tight of book 7. Mid of Bennett reading in hospital bed 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Matthew Memoli, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH): "We're taking healthy volunteers and we're administering a flu virus to them. So it's very important that what we're inducing is not something that would be unsafe or really that unpleasant for our volunteers." 9. Wide of isolation unit hallway and common area as seen through window 10. Bennett eating yogurt in the common area of the isolation unit 11. Tight of Bennett using video game controller 12. Bennett playing video game 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Bennett, Flu study volunteer: "We started 'Band of Brothers' yesterday. Several of us have not seen 'The Godfather' series, so that's on the list. We have full access to the DVD library." 14. Tight of sign on doorway leading into isolation/quarantine unit reading, "This unit is on respiratory isolation. Please put on a mask and gloves before entering." 15. Wide of hallway in isolation unit 16. Mid of hand sanitiser in unit 17. Pan down plastic gloves in unit 18. Pan from isolation until door to Bennett sitting in kitchen, as seen through windows into unit 19. Memoli talking to reporter in hallway just outside unit 20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Matthew Memoli, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIH: "We've had a number of pandemics occur throughout history. Interestingly, despite all the work we've done and the studying of the virus and of the infections, there are still many questions that are unanswered and things that we need to investigate further." AP Television FILE Undated ++++ CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO IS FILE AND NOT PART OF THE FLU STUDY++++ 21. Various of a doctor checking a patient 22. Various of a nurse filling a vial with flu vaccine 23. Various of a woman getting the flu vaccine shot AP Television Bethesda, Maryland - January 14, 2014 24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Matthew Memoli, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIH: "We can look at people, their immune system and the flu and understand those interactions so that hopefully we can learn new information that could help us improve vaccines in the future. The other thing we can do with a study like this is we can use this model to help us evaluate new drugs and new vaccines in the future in a rapid and efficient manner with a small number of patients." AP Television Bethesda, Maryland - January 21, 2014 25. Various of Memoli asking questions of and examining Bennett on day eight of the flu isolation study 26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Bennett, Flu study volunteer: "I felt fine most of the time. I experienced a little head congestion, sinus pressure, slight achiness and slight chills, just general weariness." 27. Wide of Bennett sitting at common room table as he nears the end of his time in isolation 28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Bennett, Flu study volunteer: AP Television ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
