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AltFDA

23 Mar, 10 tweets, 4 min read

@AstraZeneca

It’s Tuesday and that means tacos & talking shit. For today’s #Thread 🧵, I’m going to go full cable show talking head on the @AstraZeneca vaccine. (This is a complete opinion thread but you better bookmark it. I have a feeling I’m spot on in my analysis.)

Yesterday, it was all over the news that #AstraZeneca was going to release its trial data and that it looked “GREAT!”. And by great that meant on a 2 shot vaccine it protected 100% against death and sever hospitalization and had a ~79% efficacy rate (Which is just above J&J).

For contrast the J&J is ~75% effective on one dose with the same 100% prevention of death and hospitalization. On the face of it, you think they are the same.

But wait! Last night a smack down came from the scientific world that basically said “Hold the Fuck up”.

Here’s what my science peeps said. nih.gov/news-events/ne…

@maddow

My opinion on what this actually means. If I get this right, I better be on @maddow as an expert.

The Astra Zeneca vaccine, only reaches the press release levels of efficacy 2-4 weeks after THE 2nd DOSE!

In short, dose 1 ~50-60% efficacy against catching the virus and ~70-80% against death and hospitalization. It takes dose 2 to reach their claimed levels.

Why does this matter? The average uptake (taking) of two dose vaccines is as follows. 80% first shot, 30% second shot.

Knowing that, do we need this vaccine when it barely meets our requirements at the start of Covid19? We already have 3 that are way better.

This vaccine is better suited for distribution in hard to reach areas and is far cheaper to purchase. As a leader in world health, we should pass on this vaccine and donate our purchased doses to other countries in need.

That’s it, I’m going to hop off my soapbox now and go back to the hard facts.

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