9-year-old proposes coronavirus vaccine to hospital

"It sounds funny," Yael Haza began her letter, "but I'm serious. I have an idea for a coronavirus vaccine."

By SARAH BEN-NUN
Yael Haza, with her letter to Dr. Orit Stein Reisner, November 4, 2020. (photo credit: COURTESY REUTH)
Yael Haza, with her letter to Dr. Orit Stein Reisner, November 4, 2020.
(photo credit: COURTESY REUTH)
While scientists around the world race for a coronavirus vaccine, an original pitch has come from 9-year-old Yael Haza: "If COVID-19 symptoms are throat aches, coughing, and pneumonia, why not combine the medications for all three?" All that's required now is two volunteers for the project.
A representative of the "corona generation," the Tel Aviv native sent a letter detailing her plan to Dr. Orit Stein Reisner, medical director at the Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, which provides a wide range of rehabilitation services, spanning 12 departments.
"It sounds funny," Haza began her letter, "but I'm serious. I have an idea for a coronavirus vaccine."
She proposed testing it out on two volunteers. The first would receive all the medications at once, while the second would receive them gradually. "I hope we can succeed in this, and see if it's effective," she said.
Dr. Stein Reisner welcomed the initiative, saying how it is "stunning and heartwarming to see how, with great skill, the young generation, which is growing up into this uncertain time and future, is proactive and proposing original ideas. 
"They are exhibiting a strong sense of investment and involvement in productivity and production," she continued. "The staff here [at Reuth] joins Haza in her hope that a vaccine will soon be discovered."