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27 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read
FAUCI LIVE is updating us on therapeutics. Dexamethasone reduces mortality late in the disease. Remdesivir works earlier in the disease, as well as some monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma.
FAUCI LIVE: Here are the vaccines in development.
FAUCI LIVE: Covid variants are more infectious and possibly more deadly. B.1.1.7, the UK variant, has a "very slight if at all" vaccine-induced antibodies. "Things get a bit more problematic" for the South African variant.
FAUCI LIVE: Slightly reduced antibody generation from South African variant. "We should have a cushion" there so that vaccines still work.
FAUCI LIVE: The South AFrican variant could be more successful in evading monoclonal antibodies. Looking to use the same vaccine platform but would address these variants. "We always want to be a step or two ahead."
LIVE @ASlavitt:

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In general, it looks like we can keep the children in school and get them back to school safely."
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4 Dec 20
LIVE: The National Vaccine Advisory Committee from @HHSGov is meeting now.

Watch here, or follow my tweets.
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LIVE: @HHS_ASH says he'd like National Vaccine Advisory Committee to discuss the need to vaccinate children, who has a case fatality rate of 0.2% (although kids can also develop rare inflammatory syndromes). hhs.gov/live/live-1/in…
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@DrPaulOffit tells @JAMA_current he was totally surprised that both mRNA vaccines have 94-95% efficacy. In January, he said, "no one would have thought this was possible."
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In his live interview, @JAMA_current debunks some myths about covid-19 vaccines that are really important. A doctor friend texted me and wanted me to ask @drpauloffit about it for her! Instead, read this slide.
LIVE: @drpauloffit tells @JAMA_current that it's extremely encouraging that both mRNA vaccine got the same results, even though they use different doses and have other technical differences in the way they're put together. #CovidVaccine
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LIVE: Operation Warp Speed's Moncel Slaoui said @modernatx vaccine has efficacy of 94.1% overall, 87% efficacy in preventing moderate disease in adults over 65, 100% effective at preventing severe disease in all ages. #HHS #OWS
LIVE: Slaoui says we should be able to vaccinate 100 million people by end of February, protecting most of the higher risk people. #ows #hhs
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