#Vaccines

Alan U. Kennington

kennington_u

AZ vaccine 70.4% efficacy for #COVID19 means:−log₁₀(1−70.4%) = 5.3 dB case reduction.P/B and M vaccines 95% means:−log₁₀(1−95%) = 13.0 dB case reduction.So AZ effectiveness is only 40.6% of P/B and

Dr. Jessica F. Hebert

Dame_DNA

I’m getting a lot of questions about all the recent news surrounding COVID-19. Here’s a FAQ that I hope helps! DISCLAIMER: Expertise: 18 yrs bio research, PhD in biology. Not

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Racharley77

1/I’m not an ‘anti-vaxxer’ on the contrary during my time in the Army I was vaccinated for all sorts from yellow fever to anthrax, incl rabies Watch this 3 min

Robert Peston

Peston

If the UK government came late to the Moderna party, and has bought less of its vaccine than is ideal, the fault is not that of Kate Bingham and her

Eric Topol

EricTopol

1. Asymptomatic #SARSCoV2 carriers after vaccines, as aptly drawn by @nataliexdean (adapted @TheEconomist) Even w/ the most highly effective vaccines (below), there'll likely be carriers, who can transmit, because shots

James Krellenstein

jbkrell

So the @Novavax results showing 90% vs. 49% efficacy make the results of the @JNJNews results even more exciting. JNJ is evaluating their Ad26 vaccine in S Africa as

Senator Stan Kutcher

StanKutcher

As we move into the vaccine stages of the #COVID19 pandemic, it is important that we combat #vaccine hesitancy and #misinformation and continue to vigilantly follow public health guidelines. A

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

Surprise, surprise. The Year Zero idea that we can end a pandemic through vaccination - which has never happened before - has feet of sand. Every other respiratory pandemic has

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

COVID Vaccines1) A vaccine doesn’t need to prevent infection altogether. It just needs to prevent severe disease and/or deaths. 2) Antibody levels may not correlate with efficacy3) T cell responses

Katy Stephenson, MD, MPH

k_stephensonMD

There's been some discussion about whether #COVID19 #vaccines should be rolled out as 1 dose instead of 2 (or lower doses). We call this a "dose-sparing" strategy, and it's been

durrie bouscaren

durrieB

OK so I've been researching a round of pitches on vaccine distribution disparities, and I've been noticing some threads of conversation and some really good work. Here's a quick roundup:

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

LIVE: Operation Warp Speed's Moncel Slaoui said @modernatx vaccine has efficacy of 94.1% overall, 87% efficacy in preventing moderate disease in adults over 65, 100% effective at preventing severe disease

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

I want a COVID-19 vaccine more than anything. I am a huge believer in vaccines. I was always a casual believer, and then I read and learned more about the

M Gabriela M Gomes

mgmgomes1

Dear Joel, I respect you and know this is reciprocal. I look forward to the moment we can start our joint research as discussed and believe this is reciprocal. But

Ola Grimsholm, PhD

AnImmunologist

A thread on vaccines that induce a better and more efficient long-lasting immunity. It is a misunderstanding often brought up that natural infection induces a better immune response than a

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

To give some context to the recent announcement of a new #SARSCoV2 variant/mutation, it may be helpful to realise that in the paper below we identified >12,000 variants/mutations in the

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