Anonymous wrote:Weird - Erin Burnett on CNN was saying Novavax had “plunging effectiveness” against new strain. But that’s not what I’m reading here, in these links.

I saw it tonight. Terrible reporting considering how good the results were.

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Anonymous wrote:The Dean of Brown University, School of Public Health says "Life likely to be 'meaningfully better' by mid-to-late spring."

And "I expect to have an outdoor BBQ with friends, without masks on July 4th".

Oh to hope!! I haven't gathered with my family like this in so long!

Same. I've forgotten what hugs feel like.

Weird - Erin Burnett on CNN was saying Novavax had “plunging effectiveness” against new strain. But that’s not what I’m reading here, in these links.

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Anonymous wrote:The Dean of Brown University, School of Public Health says "Life likely to be 'meaningfully better' by mid-to-late spring."

And "I expect to have an outdoor BBQ with friends, without masks on July 4th".

Oh to hope!! I haven't gathered with my family like this in so long!

Oh gosh, I’d forgotten about MD’s own Novavax. Great news! I wonder how close they are to concluding studies in the US and applying for EUA?

Sorry, misspoke ^^^

85.6% against UK strain
95.6% against original strain
60% against SA strain

Overall, it’s 89.3%

Anonymous wrote:Another winner. A local company makes good.

"Novavax Inc said on Thursday its coronavirus vaccine was 89.3% effective in preventing COVID-19 in a trial conducted in the United Kingdom, and was nearly as effective in protecting against the more highly contagious variant first discovered in the UK, according to a preliminary analysis.

The study took place as the more easily transmissible UK variant was circulating, and the preliminary analysis suggests the vaccine was 85.6% effective against this mutation, the U.S. company announced in a news release. It did not provide the study data."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/novavax-says-vaccine-89-3-210621974.html

Wool woop!! Go Gaithersburg!!

Key take home - 89.3% was against the UK strain. Against the original covid strain, it was 96% efficacious!! Unfortunately, for the SA variant, it’s in the 50% range. Still, great news!’

Saw news today that cases are down 35% and hospitalizations are also down. Hope this is the trend that stays with us 🙏🏻

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Another winner. A local company makes good.

"Novavax Inc said on Thursday its coronavirus vaccine was 89.3% effective in preventing COVID-19 in a trial conducted in the United Kingdom, and was nearly as effective in protecting against the more highly contagious variant first discovered in the UK, according to a preliminary analysis.

The study took place as the more easily transmissible UK variant was circulating, and the preliminary analysis suggests the vaccine was 85.6% effective against this mutation, the U.S. company announced in a news release. It did not provide the study data."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/novavax-says-vaccine-89-3-210621974.html

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

I know "half is glass full" posts/media stories will take this and say it'll take a year to vaccinate the US at this. I like to look at it as 1.21 million new circuit breakers being put in place each day. We're going to reach an inflection point when the tide really will turn because the virus has fewer places to jump between.

Exactly!

+1 Especially since the higher-risk people are getting shots first.
Hospitalizations and cases turned the corner about 2 weeks ago, and deaths are likely just at that point now.
Also if you look at the Bloomberg tracker (or the underlying CDC data), you'll see that shots given are trending up, and (from Our World in Data), we're on a path similar to UK's, but about a week behind (because they started earlier).
It's hard to say when the upward daily trend will end, but it's very encouraging for now.

Agreed on hospitalizations, which should matter a lot more than cases at this point. With the vaccine roll-out steadily increasing, the severity/impact of the cases should continue to drop quickly, even if the case numbers themselves don't drop as fast. National hospitalizations are down to ~107k, down from a peak of over 132k (on Jan 6th):

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

This is great to hear, hospitalizations rates dropping is really tremendous news. Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the clip of Dr. Jha! I follow him on Twitter, he seems very realistic and pragmatic, and to hear him say what he did on Morning Joe has made my day!

You're welcome! I love watching him on CNN. Yesterday he said we need to do 2 million vaccines a day which is doable.

Thank you for the clip of Dr. Jha! I follow him on Twitter, he seems very realistic and pragmatic, and to hear him say what he did on Morning Joe has made my day!

I know this has been discussed in various formats, but this kind of news can't get enough airtime.

"Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to lose only a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus with three key mutations from the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.

The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), which has not yet been peer-reviewed, showed a less than two-fold reduction in antibody titer levels, indicating the vaccine would likely be effective in neutralizing a virus with the so-called E484K and N501Y mutations found in the South African variant."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pfizer-vaccine-only-slightly-less-234133165.html

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

I know "half is glass full" posts/media stories will take this and say it'll take a year to vaccinate the US at this. I like to look at it as 1.21 million new circuit breakers being put in place each day. We're going to reach an inflection point when the tide really will turn because the virus has fewer places to jump between.

Exactly!

+1 Especially since the higher-risk people are getting shots first.
Hospitalizations and cases turned the corner about 2 weeks ago, and deaths are likely just at that point now.
Also if you look at the Bloomberg tracker (or the underlying CDC data), you'll see that shots given are trending up, and (from Our World in Data), we're on a path similar to UK's, but about a week behind (because they started earlier).
It's hard to say when the upward daily trend will end, but it's very encouraging for now.

Agreed on hospitalizations, which should matter a lot more than cases at this point. With the vaccine roll-out steadily increasing, the severity/impact of the cases should continue to drop quickly, even if the case numbers themselves don't drop as fast. National hospitalizations are down to ~107k, down from a peak of over 132k (on Jan 6th):

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

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Anonymous wrote:The Dean of Brown University, School of Public Health says "Life likely to be 'meaningfully better' by mid-to-late spring."

And "I expect to have an outdoor BBQ with friends, without masks on July 4th".

God that would be a treat!