This updated vaccine assessment by @DerekLowe, who tells it like it is, is especially upbeat and worthwhile blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archi… 1. Durability of the immune response & likely vaccine protection 2. Low likelihood of vaccinated, asymptomatic carriers 3. Short-term safety👍
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It was "incalculable" on May 24th.
The loss of 250, 000 Americans as of Nov 18th is indescribable. Unfathomable. And mostly preventable.
"They Were Not Simply Names on a List"
"They Were Us"
Each American lost an average of 10 years of life and left behind an average of 9 family members grieving. Still grieving their loss, 6 months later.
Now multiply that 2.5 times.
Our family, friends, patients, coworkers, neighbors, our fellow Americans. Lost souls.
Today we had the highest number of deaths since early May @COVID19Tracking
This is great news tonight--the first--and hopefully a @US_FDA precedent for may more rapid (<30 mins) home covid tests @LuciraHealth
FDA EUA letter fda.gov/media/143810/d…
My post from July on this. It has taken waaaaay too long but we're getting there. RT-LAMP today, antigen tests to come.
Without prescription, cheap, every household, ASAP
Yes, America, there is a state with a 62.9% test positivity, the 3rd highest new cases per capita in the world, and a rapidly rising death rate
This section of the country (started w/ the Dakotas), is spreading in every direction. Minnesota now going vertical. Grossly inadequate testing w/ positivity now:
South Dakota 57.5%
Iowa 51.7%
Idaho 42.0%
Kansas 40.9%
Montana 24.6% covidexitstrategy.org
At a time when 22% of US hospitals have insufficient #healthcare frontline work force theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
It couldn't be a worse time for setting new records every day for covid hospitalizations. Today > 75,000, rising quickly. @COVID19Tracking
Before year's end we will have at least 2 vaccines with EUAs to proceed with Phase 1a rollout, a historic science achievement in < 12 months. For context:
The replication is independent. A separate Data & Safety monitoring board of Operation Warp Speed did the review. Yes, it's another mRNA vaccine, but it's the same target, the spike protein, shared by the other Phase 3 vaccine programs. They should all work well. We need them too