#Dose

Roshana Mehdian-Staffell

RoshanaMN

Vaccine 1 dose strategy Been doing some digging about Pfizer efficacy after one dose and data behind the decision So in the graph the vaccine injected group line flattens out

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEW—official full trial results of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in 43,448 people:95% efficacy w/ 2 doses52% efficacy after 1st dose (before 2nd)10 severe cases, 9 were in placeboSerious adverse events low &

Taupe Avenger

TaupeAvenger

If we don't vaccinate about half the population will end up eventually getting COVID-19. This carries a 1% chance of death. So every 200 doses of vaccine end up saving

Arieh Kovler

ariehkovler

Israel's coronavirus Tzar, Prof. Nahman Ash, told the Israeli Cabinet today that the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine appears to be less effective than what Pfizer's study suggested. That's

Paul Colgan

paulcolgan

It may be difficult to have an all-island approach to Covid over the coming months given a clear divergence in vaccinations.In the Republic, GPs expect to fully vaccinate over-70s by

(((Howard Forman)))

thehowie

My thoughts on 1-dose vs 2-dose approach. TL; DRWrong questions give you wrong answers. We assuredly should want 2 doses, the only issue is the timing of 2nd dose. And

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

Yeah, so say we want to get 75% of the population vaccinated by Sept. 22 (last day of summer). That seems optimistic because of vaccine hesitancy and the fact that

Jesse O’Shea MD, MSc

JesseOSheaMD

Okay Twitter, you asked for it! Here is the updated vaccine comparison & "side effects" I chose the highest prevalence cohort, which was the younger group.Moderna comes with more side

Gupta Lab, Cambridge

GuptaR_lab

Sharing some real world data on antibody responses to the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. We tested serum from 23 participants (median age 82) vaccinated with the first dose 3 weeks previously.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—new #COVID19 vaccine efficacy study from Israel concludes that Pfizer/BioNTech's jab is up to 85% effective after the first dose after 15 days to day 28—and even 75% including asymptomatic

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Infectious dose is a possible explanation but I don’t think it’s a very likely one, for a couple reasons. The most important being that identical twins are not genetically identical!https://twitter.com/drzoehyde/status/13431181490722447

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

No doubt the UK is doing well on the vaccines front but long term we probably need to realise that the “World Cup of Vaccines” prism isn’t very helpful. Our

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

The BioNTech/Pfizer data is out—NEJM & FDA report. I understand this wasn't in the design & the long-term protection from single dose is open question. But given this sharp drop

Emilia C Skirmuntt 🦇🧬🦠

ESkirmuntt

Let’s talk about vaccines and dosing again (another thread;) )There is a lot of talk at the moment about dosing and delays. First, it was the UK who decided to

Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc

KimberlyBlumen1

1/Brief #COVID19vaccine allergy update: LARGE LOCAL REACTIONS! These all were after #Moderna. Itchy, swollen, erythema, edema. Comes on late (>5 days) and can last weeks .Tx is symptomatic: antihistamine (e.g.,

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Oxford-AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine just approved for use in UK. Moreover, the vaccine campaign will now shift to giving as many people as possible their first dose—aim will be to give

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