Well-rounded reporting on the Pfizer mRNA vaccine.
What did they find? What are the outstanding questions? What clinical trial data are we waiting to see in the coming weeks?
statnews.com/2020/11/09/cov…
What did they find? What are the outstanding questions? What clinical trial data are we waiting to see in the coming weeks?
statnews.com/2020/11/09/cov…
After vaccines are developed, there are still hurdles to returning to normal. (1) Vaccination compliance; if few people are vaccinated, this doesn't result in herd immunity. Some individuals also don't develop lasting immunity in response to the vaccine...
vaccinestoday.eu/stories/why-do…
vaccinestoday.eu/stories/why-do…
Let's say only a 50% of states have widespread vaccination, you'll still have to think about interstate & international travel in terms of whether you're traveling to a place where there is no herd immunity and the risks of you getting sick there even if you have been vaccinated.
There's a cute simulation of herd immunity by the Koch Institute you can toggle with here. They should make one for COVID. rocs.hu-berlin.de/D3/herd/
Also a good explanation of herd immunity and how to achieve it with COVID by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: jhsph.edu/covid-19/artic…
Stressing that for at least the next 6 months or year, we should still be playing it safe - not returning to full normal.
Stressing that for at least the next 6 months or year, we should still be playing it safe - not returning to full normal.
Although the Pfizer early data sounds like it's good - we still don't know how long lasting the immunity induced by the vaccine is, if it's safe to give to people of every age and medical condition.
We cannot swarm back into offices, restaurants, and airplanes this winter.
We cannot swarm back into offices, restaurants, and airplanes this winter.
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