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What is the subject of the phrase "were complete raised eyebrows"? If it was "the fact", then should it be "was/is complete raised eyebrows"? Probably "were" is subjective. I am not sure.
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Hurdles ahead
Some observers also question whether companies will be able to work at the promised speed, and with the precision that such trials require. And the fact that China was willing to approve CanSino’s vaccine for use in the military before phase III trials were complete raised eyebrows. “The decision is political, and not scientific in nature. It doesn’t demonstrate anything on the potential efficacy of this vaccine,” says Marie-Paule Kieny, a vaccine researcher at INSERM, the French national health-research institute, in Paris.
Source: Nature 31 JULY 2020
China’s coronavirus vaccines are leaping ahead – but face challenges as virus wanes
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02244-1
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Hurdles ahead
Some observers also question whether companies will be able to work at the promised speed, and with the precision that such trials require. And the fact that China was willing to approve CanSino’s vaccine for use in the military before phase III trials were complete raised eyebrows. “The decision is political, and not scientific in nature. It doesn’t demonstrate anything on the potential efficacy of this vaccine,” says Marie-Paule Kieny, a vaccine researcher at INSERM, the French national health-research institute, in Paris.
Source: Nature 31 JULY 2020
China’s coronavirus vaccines are leaping ahead – but face challenges as virus wanes
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02244-1
