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1/ Johnson & Johnson #COVID19 vaccine results are out.
As per press release, preventing both moderate & severe illness 28 days after vaccination:
-66% Overall
-72% USA
-66% Latin America
-57% in South Africa
https://bit.ly/3pwTWiW
As per press release, preventing both moderate & severe illness 28 days after vaccination:
-66% Overall
-72% USA
-66% Latin America
-57% in South Africa
https://bit.ly/3pwTWiW
2/ Important point:
"85% effective overall in preventing severe disease & demonstrated complete protection against #COVID19 related hospitalization and death as of Day 28"
If this can keep people from getting very sick/prevent hospitalization/death then this is an obvious win.
"85% effective overall in preventing severe disease & demonstrated complete protection against #COVID19 related hospitalization and death as of Day 28"
If this can keep people from getting very sick/prevent hospitalization/death then this is an obvious win.
3/ This is a single dose vaccine, requires conventional refrigeration for storage & would be much easier to administer to populations.
Canada has access to this vaccine.
Canada has access to this vaccine.
4/ There are concerns over the lower efficacy of this vaccine (and others) for the variant first identified in South Africa (B.1.351). While this is a problem & we will likely need updated vaccines at some point, all data to date demonstrate that they prevent severe illness.
