Category: vaccines
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CDC estimates that 92,000 people will die in the next three weeks. That is almost 31,000 deaths a week, more than double the death rate in early December.
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A poll published by Gallup in early August found that 35% of surveyed Americans would decline a Covid-19 shot offered to them at no cost. I have seen other studies that say 50% of Americans will not get the vaccine. And on social media sites I have seen discussion and comments about why folks are…
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When one considers the plan to start with vaccinating healthcare workers, the reality is the death rate will likely not slow in any appreciable way.
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The U.K. became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech’s RNA vaccine that is 95% effefctive.
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Now, a third and different type of two-shot vaccine developed by the UK’s AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford also reports 90% efficacy. It also showed minimal adverse effects that are expected from the immune reaction to any vaccine.
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Pfizer announced that today it will seek approval for its anti-CoV-2 vaccine.
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The news: Pharma giant, Pfizer, and its German biotech partner, BioNTech, just announced that preliminary indications show that its two-shot anti-CoV-2 vaccine is 90% effective in preventing infection. The study is not yet complete, meaning that this is based on what is called interim data analysis. All large scale clinical trials schedule such interim analysis…
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Danish scientists found increased spread of the virus from mink back to humans, and it involved a new virus strain that seems more resistant to human antibodies.
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