#BioNTech

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

This is big news: Pfizer says early phase 3 data of its #covid19 vaccine developed with German company BioNTech shows it to be about 90% effective in preventing disease with

G Kang

GKangInd

Plenty of descriptions of what participation in trials involves, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about what happens if the trial you are in or some other

Elad Ratson

EladRatson

Israel is leading the world in #COVID19 vaccinations with over 150K new people per day. Many wonder how Israel managed to secure from @Pfizer millions of #BioNTech dosages while richer,

Andrey Zarur

andreyzarur

Mutations to the Covid-19 virus in the UK are worrying, but not surprising. There are thousands of known mutations to the virus, it was only a matter of time before

Jordan Schachtel

JordanSchachtel

I'm pro-vax as a concept, but many of u need to be more thoughtful about math. Vax is NOT 95% effective. It's a stats trick. Very few in *control group*

KardanMadam❄️

brg_ky

FDA, bugün Pfizer ve Biontech aşılarına dair analiz açıklayacağını duyurdu. 10’undaki komite toplantısı öncesinde ilk renk:) 17’sinde de Moderna toplantısı var.Acil Kullanım protokolünü de şöyle bırakalım. Hatırlam

Matthew Herder

cmrherder

Dear $PFE : Show us the data.https://twitter.com/FrancoiseBaylis/status/1325769880994504707 As reported in @statnews by @matthewherper, to its credit $PFE dropped the idea of running an interim analysis at the 32-case mark, waiting

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Outbreak of #B117 despite full vaccinations at a nursing home. 14 residents at a nursing home have tested positive for B117 variant, despite all having 2 doses of

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Back in September, we wrote a @nytopinion on the need to focus on severe infection events prevented by Covid-19 vaccineshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/opinion/covid-vaccine-coronavirus.htmlYesterday JNJ presented their Phase 3 data stre

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

So what do we know about the Pfizer vaccine.1. Great news: vaccine, so far, 90% effective in reducing symptomatic COVID, as opposed to saline injection2. Study enrolled 43,538 volunteers and

Derek Lowe

Dereklowe

(1/8) The UK authorities are now trying to spread out the two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as well, in order to get more people the first shot now. A

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This is reason for cautious optimism but...it’s still data by press release. We need any vaccine as soon as possible, but I’m pretty skeptical that this vaccine is going to

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

The conversation around vaccines feels jumbled because there are actually MANY policy ideas being floated:- One dose only vs. two doses spaced apart vs. two doses but don’t reserve the

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Big news from Pfizer, with apparent high efficacy (>90%) based on 94 confirmed COVID-19 cases at their interim analysis.A thread on how I interpret this news. Briefly:"Celebrate, but let the

ForeBucks

Forepawz

Folks have been asking me, so I thought I'd arrange my thoughts into tweets! I'm impressed with the vaccine at 90% effectiveness! For reference, flu vaccines that are well-matched to

Matthew Herder

cmrherder

. @GovCanHealth has authorized the $PFE / BioNTech Covid19 vaccine. https://covid-vaccine.canada.ca/info/regulatory-decision-summary-detailTwo.html?linkID=RDS00730Here are a few first impressions: 1. The authorization is pursuant to section

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