#Novavax

Anupam Singh

anupampom

Personal thoughts on how to choose Vaccine as of date in India given tremendous uncertainty about approval/availability of Vaccines. If you can get it "somehow" .Get a Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine .

Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH

GYamey

So, South Africa (the place of my birth), is in the news today. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was found to have a lower efficacy in SA (just under 50%) than

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

New data from Novavax vaccine just showed that UK & esp South African variants are more problematic in real world than lab experiments suggested. Implications are profound for 2021 and

Justin Ling

Justin_Ling

This is such a yarn. This facility has been in the works since the Summer, and is still *months* away from being completed, let alone operational. The previous plan involved

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Novavax says its #COVID19 vaccine is 90% effective, but likely only 50% against the #B1351 variant found in South Africa. 50% better than 0%, but clearly we have challenges with

Rebecca Morelle

BBCMorelle

Very good news on #Novavax vaccine in UK trial - reduced efficacy in South Africa (50-60%) not so great news (1) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55850352 Interesting as this vaccine trial was able to

Rob Swanda

ScientistSwanda

I’m so frustrated that many privileged people are ignoring racial/ethnic injustices of Covid-19 deaths. Widespread apathy is making these grave disparities more severe in younger adults. Generational damage is destroying

Tonda MacCharles

TondaMacC

Vaccine news: Novavax has formally applied for Health Canada approval after those phase 3 results y’day. And along w/ ongoing review of AstraZeneca, AZ has applied to authorize its vaccine/production

Wellcome

wellcometrust

Two more #Covid19 vaccines showing exciting results!#Novavax is just one on the growing list of effective vaccines developed in a year: research & development at its best But digging deeper

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

Thread summarising an important presentation on the AstraZeneca trial results for South Africa.Key points: Efficacy initially seemed to be ~75%, but dropped to 22% against SA variant. Past COVID-19

Rob Blackie

robblackie_oo

When will all UK be vaccinated with first shot? Some rough estimates to help think about the challenges.1. Middle caseJust Moderna, Oxford, Pfizer vaccines approved, with smooth delivery:a) Vulnerable 20m

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Global vaccine news: COVAX says deals are in place to access nearly 2 billion doses of #covid19 vaccine. "For the vast majority of these deals, COVAX has guaranteed access to

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Just listened to a fascinating webinar by @ShabirMadh presenting the results from Novavax trial in South Africa and UK.So will turn this into a brief thread to give some context

Brian Hjelle, virologist

hjelle_brian

Why do virologists hold "cytotoxic T cells" (CTL) in near equal reverence to antiviral antibodies in immunity to viruses? For damn good reason (thread)... CTL specifically recognize viral invaders by

Roby Bhattacharyya

roby_bhatt

Vaccines offer AMAZING protection from COVID-19. But if you do get sick, do they protect you from severe illness?At first glance, yes: ZERO hospitalizations for COVID in trial pts who

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

Why would we use a vaccine that mightn't prevent transmission? Should we use one particular vaccine, or roll out the vaccines we have as broadly and quickly as possible? I'd

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