The Novavax 2024-2025 COVID19 vaccine has been approved by the FDA! 🎊🎉
Novavax is a *protein subunit vaccine instead of an mRNA* vaccine. This means several things 🧵:
Novavax is a *protein subunit vaccine instead of an mRNA* vaccine. This means several things 🧵:
* Novavax is up to 9x better at preventing *any COVID infection* than Pfizer! journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-…
* Novavax is at least 2x better at preventing hospitalization and death medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
* Novavax protection lasts longer than mRNA sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
* It has fewer and less severe side effects than Pfizer or Moderna thelancet.com/action/showPdf…
Here's an infographic of antigenic distance from Novavax VRBPAC presentation in June. fda.gov/media/179143/d…
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