Anonymous wrote:I got my second shot (of Pfizer vaccine) today!

I know I have to wait a few weeks to expect that 95% protection, and it is all a moving target, but I feel very lucky at this point to have the best protection that modern medicine can offer circulating in my blood!

That’s great, PP! Wishing you good health and continued good fortune.

Always read between the lines in articles. The ones about Brazil had a number of red flags

1) They went with herd immunity
2) So of course the new version is overflowing everything, people dying in the streets etc
3) Vaccine might not work.
3) Article concludes with phrases like ‘in for the long haul’ and ‘can’t open up’, etc.

Look for the politics in these articles. They are meant to keep you fearful

I got my second shot (of Pfizer vaccine) today!

I know I have to wait a few weeks to expect that 95% protection, and it is all a moving target, but I feel very lucky at this point to have the best protection that modern medicine can offer circulating in my blood!

And we have this!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-likely-to-start-covid-19-vaccination-in-children-by-late-spring-or-early-summer-fauci/ar-BB1ddqR3?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz\

The United States will likely start vaccinating children by late spring or early summer, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Friday, as studies are underway to test the safety and effectiveness of Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccines in children under 16.

The first 22M Americans have been vaccinated for COVID-19, and initial safety data shows everything is going well, CDC says

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/01/28/covid-19-vaccines-cdc-safety-data-pfizer-moderna-coronavirus/4281434001/

U.S. hospitalizations have been declining for more than two weeks. Newly reported cases remain below 200,000.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-01-28

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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.

They were gloom and doom. Maybe I should take a break from watching them for s while.

NBC News with Lester Holt is the biggest doom and gloom news outlet. You feel like things are headed in a good direction, but then watch that news and get depressed.

When I need a burst of optimism, I visit Dr. Monica Gandhi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicagandhi9?lang=en

She's an infectious disease MD at UCSF and she parses the studies and COVID vaccine news and lets us know it's often not the doom and gloom as the headlines or lead stories on the news lead us to believe.

Jesse o'shea is great too.
He's an infectious disease MD and researcher .

I follow him on Instagram but I'm sure he's on Twitter as well .

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Anonymous wrote:J&J to apply for EUA next week!

Yes!! I have to admit that I wasn't overjoyed with their results, those mRNA vaccines have really spoiled us. But then seeing the 100% preventative of hospitalization and death is remarkable.

I didn't see that .thank you for sharing !

Just curious if this vaccine prevents the long term effects as well (I know a few "long haulers" who are suffering)

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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.

They were gloom and doom. Maybe I should take a break from watching them for s while.

NBC News with Lester Holt is the biggest doom and gloom news outlet. You feel like things are headed in a good direction, but then watch that news and get depressed.

When I need a burst of optimism, I visit Dr. Monica Gandhi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicagandhi9?lang=en

She's an infectious disease MD at UCSF and she parses the studies and COVID vaccine news and lets us know it's often not the doom and gloom as the headlines or lead stories on the news lead us to believe.

Thanks I enjoyed seeing her positive tweets

Anonymous wrote:J&J to apply for EUA next week!

Yes!! I have to admit that I wasn't overjoyed with their results, those mRNA vaccines have really spoiled us. But then seeing the 100% preventative of hospitalization and death is remarkable.

J&J to apply for EUA next week!

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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.

They were gloom and doom. Maybe I should take a break from watching them for s while.

NBC News with Lester Holt is the biggest doom and gloom news outlet. You feel like things are headed in a good direction, but then watch that news and get depressed.

When I need a burst of optimism, I visit Dr. Monica Gandhi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicagandhi9?lang=en

She's an infectious disease MD at UCSF and she parses the studies and COVID vaccine news and lets us know it's often not the doom and gloom as the headlines or lead stories on the news lead us to believe.

I will check that out. I turn off NBC News because the news can be good all day, and then the doom and gloom tag team of Lester and Miguel Almaguer will somehow find the negative. It is really weird.

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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.

They were gloom and doom. Maybe I should take a break from watching them for s while.

NBC News with Lester Holt is the biggest doom and gloom news outlet. You feel like things are headed in a good direction, but then watch that news and get depressed.

When I need a burst of optimism, I visit Dr. Monica Gandhi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicagandhi9?lang=en

She's an infectious disease MD at UCSF and she parses the studies and COVID vaccine news and lets us know it's often not the doom and gloom as the headlines or lead stories on the news lead us to believe.

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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.

They were gloom and doom. Maybe I should take a break from watching them for s while.

NBC News with Lester Holt is the biggest doom and gloom news outlet. You feel like things are headed in a good direction, but then watch that news and get depressed.

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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.

They were gloom and doom. Maybe I should take a break from watching them for s while.