Some new data came out today on the “other” #covid19 vaccine, Russia’s Sputnik V:
Press release claims efficacy of
91,4% - 28 days after 1st shot
95% - 42 days after 1st shot
Apart from usual caveats it is important to note that this comes from analysis of just 39 infections:
Press release claims efficacy of
91,4% - 28 days after 1st shot
95% - 42 days after 1st shot
Apart from usual caveats it is important to note that this comes from analysis of just 39 infections:
My colleague @sciencecohen wrote about the first batch of results earlier this month and why they didn’t pass the “smell test" sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/r…
@sciencecohen In press conference Kirill Dimitriev, CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund, says vaccine will be produced in lyophilized form to be stored at 2-8 degrees C.
Vaccine to be delivered internationally from January 2021 for up to 500 million people that year. Less than $10 per shot.
Vaccine to be delivered internationally from January 2021 for up to 500 million people that year. Less than $10 per shot.
@sciencecohen Denis Logunov, deputy director of Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology apparently doing the international zoom press conference on their vaccine from the back of a car.
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