hmmm wrote: » Unusually bullish statements from the Pfizer CEO. They've now caught Moderna by entering phase 3 testing on the same day, and I expect with their greater experience in running trials like these they will be out of testing much faster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgs5iCUg48c
Bit cynical wrote: » Obviously there won't be a September vaccine unless we're talking about September, 2021, but whenever a vaccine arrives I think I hope decent immunity tests are available by then that not merely detect antibodies but test for all forms of immune response. That means that if you already test positive for immunity you don't need to risk the vaccine.
hmmm wrote: » 2700 passengers, some sick, were allowed leave the Ruby Princess cruise ship because a border-control officer misinterpreted a negative flu result as being negative for Covid. Quite incredible.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-30/border-force-ruby-princess-coronavirus-test-bungle/12505072
Gael23 wrote: » Oxford seem to be on track for early in 2021 I thought
hmmm wrote: » Single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine gives strong results in monkeyshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2607-z Single dose is important. Great to see the heavyweights delivering vaccines showing good initial results. The big gorilla in the corner are Merck who have been very quiet, but are definitely working on a vaccine. I still think it will be mid-next year before most people see a vaccine, and that's if everything goes well.
hmmm wrote: » Inovio vaccine results are also looking strong - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.28.225649v1 Interesting line - "Several months after vaccination, animals were challenged with SARS-CoV-2 resulting in rapid recall of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein T and B cell responses."
hmmm wrote: » https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/trump-planning-for-u-s-rollout-of-coronavirus-vaccine-falling-short-officials-warn-idUSKCN24W1ON If anything, this crisis has shown us how important it is to have competent people in power. "There won't be enough vaccine for all 330 million Americans right away, so the government also has a role in deciding who gets it first, and in educating a vaccine-wary here public about its potential life saving merits. Right now, it is unclear who in Washington is in charge of oversight, much less any critical details, some state health officials and members of Congress told Reuters."
FutureTeashock wrote: » A large percentage of Americans don't want the vaccine, so that solves that issue.
Thierry12 wrote: » Is it not a bit like the flu vaccine anyway? Old and vulnerable, health care workers etc get to get it. Do teenagers and young adults need to get it?
mean gene wrote: » why are some media reporting september 2020
Marhay70 wrote: » From what I can gather, everybody should get it. Listening to one of the experts on radio today, even young, asymptomatic cases have been presenting with lung lesions at this early stage of the virus' evolution. I dread to think what the situation will be like in twenty years if it is not drastically curtailed.
FutureTeashock wrote: » Zero percent chance of everyone taking the rushed vaccine. They would be lucky to net 70% of the population.
Marhay70 wrote: » That would be good enough for starters.
hmmm wrote: » EU has purchased 300mn Sanofi vaccine doses.https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-eu-reserves-300-mn-doses-of-potential-sanofi-virus-vaccine Add this to the previous Oxford/Astra Zeneca deal. "The EU announced Friday that it had struck a deal with French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi for 300 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm which negotiated the agreement, said it would allow all 27 member countries to purchase the vaccine once it was proven to be safe and effective." "European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc was doing everything it could to help find a vaccine. "We are in advanced discussions with several other companies," she said in a statement, adding that Europe was investing in a "diversified portfolio of promising vaccines"."
ACitizenErased wrote: » Thank Christ we live in the EU.
is_that_so wrote: » It's down to the degree of confidence and talking up individual vaccines. September seems way too soon, early 2021 more realistic.
