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Nipun Chopra, PhD

NipunChopra7

In case you're confused about the two COVID19 vaccines you've been hearing about, here's a quick overview (With a TLDR at the end).VACCINE1 (Oxford University/AstraZeneca) - This vaccine contains a

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

Two questions on vaccine efficacy keep coming up: 1) How long will immunity last? 2) Will it limit overall infections/transmission, and not just symptomatic disease? Q1 is exactly what my

J.B. Handley

jb_handley

1/ So what do “anti-vaxxers” actually want? Are they just crazy? Do they want to abolish vaccines? 2/ like any diverse community, goals vary. However, I think all can agree

Dr Ronan Glynn

ronan_glynn

2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone. But this has also been a year of very significant medical and scientific achievement.And now, at least two #COVID19 vaccines are

Andrew Flood 👨🏻‍💻📝🕺

andrewflood

Covid-19 vaccine candidate is 90% effective, says manufacturer - mass roll out will take a while but if 90% holds this certainly makes a huge differencehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/covid-19-vaccine-candidate-effective-pfize

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

There’s a lot of wisdom in so-called traditional cures. Let’s look at their efficacy ranking them from least successful to most. I guarantee there’s at least one amazing suggestion for

Anant Bhan

AnantBhan

THE VACCINE DILEMMAThe government has announced an intent to go ahead with vaccination as of 16th Jan 2021 with both Covishield and Covaxin. There is going to be no choice.

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

It's the day you've all been waiting for. An @fdagov advisory committee will evaluate @Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine and recommend whether to issue an emergency authorization. Watch here or follow this

Kodama Mama

CaseyExplosion

It's hard to feel sympathy for The Guardian as a trans person, when they commissioned a study on the efficacy of "sex change" surgeries that deliberately fudged it's interpretations of

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Controla_Virus

Moderna Vaccine Info ThreadThis has more information in it than you'd get from a doctor.Read up. Or don't. Your mind, your choice. Your body, your choice. - Vaccines and

Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈

DoctorChrisVT

This is not an important study. Neither its findings nor its methods are clear. It is flawed to the point where it has no use. I’m sympathetic to David Davis

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

I've recently navigated some COVID19 vaccine conversations with friends and friends of friends and wanted to give my take on why I - and you - should be confident to

Priya Sampathkumar

PSampathkumarMD

COVID vaccines. A primer. 1/Vaccines may be the solution to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines typically take several years to develop. But COVID vaccines are being developed at warp speed.

Hilda Bastian, PhD

hildabast

Large phase 2 trial of Novavax vaccine in South Africa reportedly has data, reporting soon. Minimum of 3,000 people (up to 4,400), mostly HIV-neg but with 240-person HIV-positive group. Biggest

Dinesh S. Thakur

d_s_thakur

This is a limited point about availability of efficacy data for vaccines under development in the context of the approval for CovidShield and Covaxin in India. There have been many

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

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