#Vaccines

Teagan Wall, PhD

TeagWall

This is not a surprise. The fact that this, and how the vaccine works, has been communicated so poorly to the public, however, is a disgrace. Here's a quick "Explain

(((Charles Fishman)))

cfishman

We have a 2nd coronavirus vaccine that looks astonishingly effective — in early trials.Moderna announced results this morning.->30,000 patients in the trial->Vaccine 94.5% effective->Also a 2-dose vaccineTrial not concluded. Ther

Mia Malan

miamalan

[Thread] 1. What will happen to our #CovidVaccines when they land today? @PresidencyZA says the 1 million #AstraZeneca jabs will arrive at OR Tambo at 3pm. They’ll be received by

Lauren Dobson-Hughes

ldobsonhughes

Theoretically, there is enough supply to vaccinate globally in stages; essential workers and congregate settings first, no matter which country they’re in. Ideally, we’d have pooled our funding and all

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

@DrPaulOffit tells @JAMA_current he was totally surprised that both mRNA vaccines have 94-95% efficacy. In January, he said, "no one would have thought this was possible."#JAMAlive In his live interview,

Selene

SeleneMSC

Last week, a friend of mine made a snide comment along the lines of, “You know the COVID vaccine still works if you don’t post a photo of getting it,

Josh Barro

jbarro

ACIP has taken another crack at recommending vaccine priority after healthcare workers. Instead of essential workers before seniors, it’s 75+ together with the most exposed workers, followed by 65+ with

Mrs. Dirty

DirtyLola

I don’t know who needs to hear this but If you like eating ass you should make sure you’ve gotten your Hep A vaccine. Just saying. This is a part

Katie Mack

AstroKatie

Vaccines are combat training for your immune system. They show it what to expect from a virus/bacteria so your cells can build a better defense when the actual pathogen arrives.

Ed MD

notdred

A thread on vaccine efficacy and why you should get whichever vaccine you're able to access, without stressing about "70% efficacy" or "95% efficacy". 1/10 "Vaccine efficacy" in these phase

Sarah Gower MD

GowerMD

Starting to get asked by patients if I’ll take a Covid vaccine when I get my chance and my answer has been 100% yes.I have been reading and following it

Ninety-Nine 🎈 🎈 🎈

ssolyom

Ah, the *vaccines*. The Cons went all in criticizing the government’s planning & preparedness, despite widespread recognition that the country had secured the most comprehensive and diverse supplies. Then they

Alastair McAlpine, MD

AlastairMcA30

So as per @sindivanzyl’s request, this is a continuation from yesterday’s thread on our immune systems.This will focus on vaccines, and how they work. We’ll look at how Covid19 vaccines

British IMA

BritishIMA

Was the vaccine produced too quickly to be safe?Watch this 1 min video of Dr Shahid Akhter explaining how this vaccine was produced in a short span of time. Does

Peter Cayton, the Stats Guy

PJACaytonPhD

Note: I am a stats guy. The learning that I will share is based on interactions with experts far more knowledgeable than me (like @darwinbandoy).So, let's talk vaccines and numbers.

Financial Times

FinancialTimes

Positive news alert: The number of Covid-19 vaccinations globally has surpassed the total number of confirmed cases.According to our vaccine tracker, over 105m doses have been administered so far, while

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