JAMA LIVE. @CarlosdelRio7 notes there will be PTSD caused by the pandemic.
JAMA LIVE: When asked which vaccine she recommends, @PreetiNMalani said to get the first vaccine you can. "They all work beautifully on severe disease."
JAMA LIVE: @CarlosdelRio7 and @PreetiNMalani said the vaccines reduce infectivity, likely protect against infection. "Even if you get infected, you may not make enough virus to be infectious."
JAMA LIVE: @CarlosdelRio7 said he's not convinced that @AstraZeneca vaccine is really causing blood clots. He just recommended a friend in Latin AMerica get that vaccine, because the risk of covid is serious.
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One monoclonal antibody is good, two is better.
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Dr. Jonathan Li: Mutations occur between the areas where antibodies bind to virus and the spike protein.
Live from International Antiviral Society–USA (IAS–USA) @DrJLi is talking about variants. Vaccines appears to protect against the B.1.1.7 variant (originally found in the UK) as well as the original virus.
LIVE @NC4HR: Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter of @JohnsHopkinsDOM notes that people infected with B.1.1.7 variant are infectious longer -- eight days instead of five days.
LIVE @NC4HR: Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter of @JohnsHopkinsDOM notes effectiveness of mRNA vaccines in Israel as good as in clinical trials.
Good protection in people over 70, who normally don't do as well with vaccines.
LIVE @NC4HR: Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter notes Houston has four variants circulating in the city.
This slide includes data that could be used to argue both for/against giving everyone one dose before giving people a second.
Here's another slide contrasting the arguments for/against giving everyone one dose before anyone gets the second. One major point: The one-dose strategy would violate the FDA's emergency use authorization.
CDC advisory panel yesterday also debated whether people who've had covid need 2 shots or 1. Once again, giving only one shot would violate the FDA's emergency authorization.
@InfectiousPS said she's gotten 80% of her staff vaccinated, with 10% waiting to see how others do. Dr. Tom Shimabakuru is speaking now about safety monitoring. Here's his presentation. #acip cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/…
Live @JeffZients: 13.5 million doses going out this week. On track to have vaccines for 300 million Americans by July. 700 federal personnel to be vaccinators. 1000 members of military will support community vaccination sites.
Live @JeffZients: Covid vaccines will be available at community centers, high school gyms, churches, stadiums, pharmacies.