NaFirinne wrote: » Does anyone know how these new RNA vaccines actually work?
At day 119, the binding and neutralizing GMTs exceeded the median GMTs in a panel of 41 controls who were convalescing from Covid-19, with a median of 34 days since diagnosis (range, 23 to 54).
Irish Stones wrote: » Why does Fauci say that? If the EMA or FDA are going to approve the Pfizer vaccine anyway, where's the problem to have it approved a couple of week earlier?
ShineOn7 wrote: » Can we, for love of all that is holy, stop sending RTE traffic? The Irish Times is a great resource if you want to keep it Irish And, although it's not Irish, the Guardian website is superb
On 16 November 2020, the Health Security and Vaccination unit of the EC’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety sent a survey using the EU Survey online tool to Members of the HSC for an update on EU Member States’ implementation of the Commission Communication on Preparedness for COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies and Vaccine Deployment. The survey included a total of 18 closed and open-ended questions on technical and logistical aspects of country vaccine deployment plans
Twenty five of 27 EU Member States responded to the HSC survey (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden).
hmmm wrote: » I'm not an expert, but in simple terms RNA is a delivery mechanism for vaccines to help your body recognise the virus and respond to it. In the past vaccines have often been either viruses with the dangerous element deactivated, or have been very mild versions of real virus. The Oxford vaccine is delivered on the back of another mild virus. This is newish technology but has been used in Ebola vaccines which are working well. mRNA is simpler still. The vaccine makers study the virus, identify the small bit which is important for the immune system to recognise, and then sends your body a blueprint of what that piece looks like. Your body generates small amounts from this blueprint, and your immune system recognises it as foreign and learn to defeat it. It's very simple technology ultimately, but it needed a few breakthroughs. They hope the same technology can be used to train your body to recognise cancers in the future.
Stark wrote: » mRNA (messenger RNA) is a sequence of genes with instructions for ribosomes in your cells to make a certain protein. In the case of the vaccine, the "spike protein" that the virus uses to enter cells. This triggers the immune system to create antibodies against the spike protein.
Micky 32 wrote: » I see that president elect Joe Biden and Obama, Bush and Clinton are going to get inoculated on camera to help ease peoples fears of the vaccine safety.
Pasteur. wrote: » It was a bad idea to come out with that after UK approval
ShineOn7 wrote: » I see they left out himself I think it'd be good to get him on board though as his supporters will definitely be mostly ant-vaxxers. They just seem to have that kind of intelligence
Loafing Oaf wrote: » Are they going to vaccinate people who have already had it?
Irish Stones wrote: » Do you mean "people who have already had the covid"? From an Italian newspaper, which most of users of Boards do not trust muchhttps://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2020/12/03/news/ippolito-chi-ha-avuto-il-covid-non-deve-vaccinarsi-1.39614023
Now, researchers on the continent are mounting a large effort to try to answer a crucial question that has gotten relatively little attention: Could cheap, widely available drugs prevent patients with mild illness from becoming severely sick?
hotmail.com wrote: » Interesting that Fauci in America said Britain rushed the vaccine approval and he then says the FDA is the best in the world. Americans worse than the Brits for hyping their own country.
VillageIdiot71 wrote: » Even more interesting that he's now backtracking. BBC are now report that he says the UK will do "really well" with the vaccine. A certain Trumpian ring to that "really well".https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55177948
NaFirinne wrote: » Understanding how it works is key for me ....being my paranoid self when I see things like RNA - I automatically wonder is this similar to genetic engineering and I guess having to trust the companies that it's not going to alter my cells in a negative way, so while they can generate the antibodies it doesn't stop them from performing all there other functions or possibly make the body even more suseptible to the next virus that comes out. So for me to get the reassurance I need to try an understand a more about the technology I guess and how it works. They way you describe it there is sounds like a great technology to be utilised as long as it's not abused.
Pasteur. wrote: » Realizes the error
Irish Stones wrote: » How do we know that it isn't just a saline solution?
ACitizenErased wrote: » Aaaand we have movement:https://twitter.com/paulreiddublin/status/1334819782726742016?s=20
MerlinSouthDub wrote: » Those freezers don't look very big. I wonder how many vials they can hold? Anyway, great to see movement. Hopefully, we'll have authorisation from EMA sooner than planned, and we can start roll-out before Christmas!
Deleted User wrote: » Can hold 200,000 doses, so for our population and with regular supply should be fine. We should be aiming for 20,000 - 30,000 vaccines a day.
hmmm wrote: » We can scan for the micro-chip afterwards.
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