35707 UK cases today drops the doubling time down a notch to 22,7 days. Despite 4 of 10 of England's ambulances already being overloaded and on "Black Alert" (something we only know thanks to leaks):
... it does make you wonder whether - had the...
https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/1413142633778536449
... it does make you wonder whether - had the...
... government not insisted on lifting the brakes on 19 July, whether the continued progress of vaccination would be able to dull this wave before it gets too bad. A 3-week doubling time is a significant improvement, after all.
But I guess we'll never know.
But I guess we'll never know.
With all but a handful of European countries back into case growth, Germany - one of the more slow-growing European countries - has declared all of Spain a COVID risk area and requires that travelers provide a negative test result to avoid quarantine.
reuters.com/world/europe/g…
reuters.com/world/europe/g…
Pfizer has announced plans to soon apply for emergency authorization for a third booster shot, to boost general immunity and particularly against certain immunity evasions (such as are found in Beta). They are also preparing to start trials on a Delta-specific booster shot. The..
CDC, by contrast, has pushed back, stating that there is no clear evidence at this point that booster shots will be required.
cnbc.com/2021/07/08/pfi…
(Israel's worse efficacy data compared to the UK's does argue for declining immunity over time, but it's understandable that...
cnbc.com/2021/07/08/pfi…
(Israel's worse efficacy data compared to the UK's does argue for declining immunity over time, but it's understandable that...
... the CDC would not want to scare off unvaccinated people with the prospects of a third shot until they've concluded that it's actually needed).
The latest UK variants of concern report notes that additional spike mutations are occuring on Delta but they remain relatively...
The latest UK variants of concern report notes that additional spike mutations are occuring on Delta but they remain relatively...
... rare at present:
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The UK has added two more "variants of concern" to their tracking list, and notes that mutations with antigenic significance (potentially immune-evading) have become much more common since the vaccine rollout began.
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The UK has added two more "variants of concern" to their tracking list, and notes that mutations with antigenic significance (potentially immune-evading) have become much more common since the vaccine rollout began.
In other news, the attempt to keep COVID out of the Italian national team have been thrown into doubt after three TV crew members who have been closely following the team tested positive for COVID:
irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/i…
The team is vaccinated.
irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/i…
The team is vaccinated.
Austria has now moved for the first time into having vaccine supply exceed demand, and is now focusing more on encouraging people to show up.
reuters.com/article/health…
83% of Austrians polled want to be vaccinated, so one expects progress to continue to be made.
reuters.com/article/health…
83% of Austrians polled want to be vaccinated, so one expects progress to continue to be made.
While it won't come online until late 2022 and output will be limited, a new vaccine plant in Senegal is being heralded as a major step towards helping Africa be able to provide for its own vaccination needs.
reuters.com/article/health…
reuters.com/article/health…
Sinovac however continues to face problems. After a wave of deaths of Sinovac-vaccinated healthcare workers, Indonesia will now be offering them an additional dose of Moderna.
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
Indeed, the lead Sinovac researcher himself, Novillia Sjafri Bachtiar in Indonesia just died on Wednesday of a suspected COVID-19 infection.
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/08/asi…
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/08/asi…
In Hungary, which relied heavily on Sinovac, concern over efficacy has led Budapest to offer elderly recipients free antibody testing to see if they could use a booster.
newsweek.com/concerns-over-…
newsweek.com/concerns-over-…
In personal antibody testing news, I measured in at a disappointing 827 U/ml after two Pfizer shots, putting me in the bottom 10-15 percentile, with 5-6% the median antibody levels. I'd even be ~35th percentile for AZ recipients, and about 50% percentile for immunocompromised...
... AZ recipients. This was however only two weeks after my second dose, so I'll retest later. Based on this...
nature.com/articles/s4159…
... I still expect to have good protection against death, but probably not great protection against symptomatic infection. :Þ
nature.com/articles/s4159…
... I still expect to have good protection against death, but probably not great protection against symptomatic infection. :Þ
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