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Ok, I wasn't going to say anything about this, but it's clear that this is accidentally misleading people in a way that may cause more covid infections: "Pfizer claimed trials show its vaccine is 52 percent effective after receiving the first shot". This is misrepresentative:
The data show Pfizer's first shot was ~0% effective for 10 days, then ~90+% effective after 14 days. This is with vintage covid19, not the new covid20 strains. So extra caution is justified until after shot #2. But you don't have 52% immunity after your first shot. You have 0%
- The vaccine provides almost NO protection for the first ~12 days after the first dose.
- We need the 2nd dose's "affinity maturation" strength to give the vaccine's immunity every best chance to defeat the new Covid20 virus strains, which bond ~10x faster than vintage Covid19
- We need the 2nd dose's "affinity maturation" strength to give the vaccine's immunity every best chance to defeat the new Covid20 virus strains, which bond ~10x faster than vintage Covid19
Exposing people to the virus before dose 2 is exactly what you'd do if you were trying to breed more resistant virus mutant strains. Bad idea.
In conclusion, people should probably quarantine most carefully in between Vaccine Dose 1 and Dose 2, both to protect themselves and to avoid accidentally making a new virus mutation.
Don't slip on a banana peel just as you're finally at the finish line!
Don't slip on a banana peel just as you're finally at the finish line!
Press interviews indicate that key medical policymakers in Israel and the UK seem to misunderstand this data, and amplifying it to the public causes needless public health hazard:
Dose 1 does NOT give 50% immunity. Don't repeat that false message, & correct it where possible.
Dose 1 does NOT give 50% immunity. Don't repeat that false message, & correct it where possible.
Part of the routine for administering Vaccine Dose 1 should involve encouraging recipients to quarantine EXTRA carefully until Dose 2.
"Don't slip on a banana peel this close to the finish line, don't help breed a mutant strain that resists the vaccine!" https://twitter.com/shl0ms/status/1352264215688577024
"Don't slip on a banana peel this close to the finish line, don't help breed a mutant strain that resists the vaccine!" https://twitter.com/shl0ms/status/1352264215688577024
