Not all animal studies were skipped. But a key one in particular has not been completed yet, namely the one about how the vaccines affect reproductive health. After all, “You Can’t Produce a Baby in One Month by Getting Nine Women Pregnant,” as they say. Certain things just take time.
Source:
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/researchers-rush-to-start-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-without-usual-animal-testing/.
Research Journal, Magazine.
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-vaccine-trial-no-animal-testing.html.
Magazine.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did-the-oxford-covid-vaccine-work-in-monkeys-not-really/.
Magazine.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195.
Research Journal.