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31 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
There’s a social media thing going around apparently concerning SM-102 (an ingredient in the Moderna vaccine).

Short answer: SM-102 is a fatty lipid in Moderna that is safe for humans. The misinformation is misinformed.

Longer answer over how this misinformation came about...
There’s a product produced by Cayman Chemicals that has SM-102 dissolved in chloroform. It has a warning label about it not being for human use. People freaked out b/c SM-102 is in the Moderna vaccine.

But the warning label is b/c of the CHLOROFORM not SM-102.
There is no chloroform in the Moderna vaccine.

The product produced by Cayman Chemicals that has SM-102 dissolved in chloroform lists ONLY chloroform as a dangerous chemical. Not SM-102.

SM-102 is safe for use in humans & helps the mRNA get to our cells for the vaccine to work.
More information here. This is a pretty thorough debunking but I found a little confusing to read, hence the short thread.

google.ca/amp/s/mobile.r…

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Sask Vaccination Update

As more 2nd doses get delivered, we should be hitting some 2nd dose milestones soon. Notably, we should hit 10% fully vaxxed in the next day or two.

1st doses keep creeping upwards though the 60-69 age range is increasing slowest. Image
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Starting to suspect all those 2nd dose dates will gradually move up. Image
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NACI Recommendations:

If you took AZ as a 1st dose, you can receive AZ OR Pfizer/Moderna for your 2nd.

If you took Pfizer/Moderna for your 1st dose, use the same brand if it’s available but really, those two vaccines are interchangeable.

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“This is not a new concept. Similar vaccines from different manufacturers are used when vaccine supply or public health programs change. Different vaccine products have been used to complete a vaccine series for influenza, hepatitis A, and others.”
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Mixing doses causes some short-term increased side effects.

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One thing I love about Twitter is how an organization can go to two actual expert groups to ensure they have the right grammar and half of Twitter will still explode about how the grammar is wrong.
It’s Elkereenos, you fool!
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31 May
This is an interesting study out of Finland. Note that it’s a pre-print only and so still undergoing peer review. But Finland has some good population databases so you can research real-world population effects.
HCWs got their vaccines early in Finland where as their spouses may not have. So they compared how likely their unvaccinated spouses got COVID relative to a control group.

What they saw was increasing protection over time. Every week going by saw more protection for the spouse.
Now, it specifically says ‘after first dose’. 40% of the HCWs got the 2nd dose at 4 weeks. It’s not clear to me from the study when everyone else did. I can’t get the supplemental info where that info may be.
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People are, rightly, pointing out that the crimes of residential schools are not ancient past but often recent history. This is true. It’s also important to note the Canadian gov’t knew it was bad for a LONG time & went out of their way to ignore it.
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29 May
Sask Vaccination Update

Milestones:
90% of age 80+ have their first dose!! We cruised well past 50% fully vaxxed today!

65% of all adults with their 1st dose!

Eligibility:
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