Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
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Anonymous
This is when seeing nothing but zeroes is a celebration! |
Anonymous
This is a heck of a table. Unfortunately, it's going to take a while to flip the narrative that THIS is what matters, not infection counts. Hopefully more in the public sphere start talking about outcomes like this. Maybe as vaccinations start really ramping up by spring and the hospital numbers continue declining, it'll be undeniable. |
Anonymous
Thats good but just to put in perspective. Of the 144K that were in the trials for all the vaccines there were only 5 total deaths. 1 inthe moderna placebo group. 4 in the pfizer placebo group. |
Anonymous
5 deaths from Covid or other causes? |
Anonymous
From covid I believe (DP). I wondered that too about moderna- I was like how can we say it totally prevents death if the comparison is 1 death in the other group? Only like 5 people even got covid in the vaccine group, so it’s just not enough sick people to really be able to say if it prevents severe disease in those who get it (which is good!! But still hard to really say) |
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Today's good news: Pfizer plans to deliver 200 million doses of Covid vaccine to U.S. by May, sooner than expected
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/pfizer-plans-to-deliver-200-million-doses-of-covid-vaccine-to-us-by-may-sooner-than-expected/ar-BB1dk0WS?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz Pfizer plans to deliver 200 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the U.S. by May, earlier than its initial forecast of July, according to slides published Tuesday by the company ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings call. The company, which developed its vaccine with German drugmaker BioNTech, also said it can potentially deliver 2 billion doses globally by the end of this year now that health-care providers can extract an additional sixth dose of the vaccine from the vials. In December, the Food and Drug Administration said extra doses from vials can be used after doses were being thrown away due to labeling confusion. |
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Additionally, Russian COVID-19 vaccine is 91.6 percent effective in study
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/russian-covid-19-vaccine-is-916-percent-effective-in-study/ar-BB1djHht?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was 91.6 percent effective in an interim analysis of a phase 3 clinical trial published Tuesday. Russian COVID-19 vaccine is 91.6 percent effective in study© Getty Images Russian COVID-19 vaccine is 91.6 percent effective in study The strong results from a clinical trial in Russia, published by the British medical journal The Lancet, indicate that another safe and effective vaccine is joining the world's arsenal against the virus. On safety, no serious adverse reactions were reported from the vaccine. The vaccine had faced skepticism because Russia approved it in August before the phase 3 trials were complete. But two British scientists wrote in an accompanying article in The Lancet that despite the skepticism, the results appear strong now that the data is out. (snip) "Why is this such good news for all of us? Because we need to vaccinate the world," Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, tweeted about the Russian vaccine results. "Sputnik won't just be used in Russia - but other nations are going to be using it as well. And we need all the safe effective vaccines we can get." |
Anonymous
YAHOO! |
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[url]https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/vaccine-shipments-white-house/index.html
[/url] Pharmacies to start administering vaccines on 2/11! |
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The infected number is obviously flawed, but it's still the reported number FWIW. For as much bad press as the vaccine rollout received (i.e., just like any in-demand product rollout), this ramped up quickly.
"This week the country passed a hopeful milestone: There are now more Americans who have been vaccinated than have contracted COVID-19. According to Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker, 26.5 million people in the country have received one or two doses of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. That surpasses the 26.3 million documented U.S. cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/more-americans-now-vaccinated-infected-000644794.html |
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/health/astrazeneca-vaccine-transmission-gbr-intl/index.html
AstraZeneca vaccine appears to substantially reduce transmission of the coronavirus, study shows Highlights: - AZ vaccine analysis shows reduced transmission of the virus, not just simply preventing symptomatic infections (hurray!) - The analysis also estimates good efficacy after just one shot (76%!!) - Suggestions that there could be higher efficacy with more spaced-out doses. Vaccine efficacy appeared to rise when the time between shots was spaced out from less than six weeks to more than 12 (that really helps with supply issues) |
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Washington Post is not so negative about early treatment as outpatient with repurposed drugs. This should be more widespread to reduce deaths.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/27/covid-19-experimental-treatments/ |
Anonymous
This is the game changer. Does anyone know if Pfizer/Moderna are doing similar studies? Would be great to see if this is consistent across vaccines (most likely). |
Anonymous
Moderna is 80% effective after 1 dose. Pfizer is only 52%. |
Anonymous
This doesn't make sense to me. How is it 76% effective after 1 dose yet the total efficacy drops below 70% after both shots? |