COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up

[Redpossum]

artisans, seriously? The Guardian?

 

[artisans]

artisans, seriously? The Guardian?

Jaja, thanks for self identifying as really not all that bright. Happy New Year.

 

[Renzi]

I'm still yet to see any studies on the vaccine making you not able to infect others...

I don't think you understand how vaccines work. Think of it this way, putting on a bulletproof vest can prevent you from getting shot, but it can't prevent someone from shooting at you.

 

[Dougie]

Normally I resist, but besides pointing out you're an idiot and a recurring one with nothing of value to add, only baseless negatives, you're going on IGNORE and good riddance.

Everything ok over there artisans? You seem very angry of late. Hope 2021 is better to you. Cheers!

 

[MilHojas]

WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access

The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.The WHO’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) opens the door for countries to...

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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is the first one approved by the World Health Organization for an emergency use.

 

[artisans]

Blah, blah, blah on the part of AF...too little, too late. Why isn't this operative being put in place starting TONIGHT?

It's in the works. By the 15th of January? Returning Argentina to Phase 0.
"El rebrote de casos en todo el país alertó a las autoridades. El decreto ya estaría redactado y se están analizando las consecuencias económicas y cómo evoluciona la curva para firmarlo."

¿Nueva cuarentena desde el 15 de enero? - Ruralnet

El rebrote de casos en todo el país alertó a las autoridades. El decreto ya estaría redactado y se están analizando las consecuencias económicas y cómo evoluciona la curva para firmarlo. Ante el fuerte avance de casos de coronavirus en toda la Argentina, el Gobierno ya habría redactado el...

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[sts7049]

Suggest you read credible US news sources, educate yourself and if it's not then clear to you, get back to me.

so basically you don't know either. got it!

 

[Somewhereinba]

Easy. People who don't get infected because of the immune response developed after the vaccination don't infect anybody else.

This is not proven yet. The primary conclusion of the vaccine studies were they prevent severe illness - not that they prevent viral transmission and asymptomatic infections. It's easy to gloss over this and assume vaccine = no transmission however you are wrong in this case to believe that because the science is not yet proven at all. Quote from New York times below.

But these studies didn’t yield enough evidence of whether the shots prevent viral transmission and asymptomatic infections.

Public-health officials say the vaccines’ most important benefit to prevent severe disease in individuals. But if the shots also prevent asymptomatic cases and block transmission, they could hasten society’s return to normal life without mitigation measures like mask-wearing and physical-distancing.

One of the proponents of the study was Larry Corey, an infectious-disease specialist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle who helps lead the vaccine testing pipeline for the Covid-19 Prevention Network. Not knowing whether the shots prevent transmission means not knowing when it might be safe to have large gatherings or ease off wearing masks, he said.

“There’s a degree of scientific uncertainty here that’s going to last a very considerable period of time,” he said.

 

[Somewhereinba]

I don't think you understand how vaccines work. Think of it this way, putting on a bulletproof vest can prevent you from getting shot, but it can't prevent someone from shooting at you.

I don't think you have studied the data - in the case of these vaccines there is no study or proof that the vaccine prevents transmission as I showed above. The only thing proven so far is that they prevent the majority of severe illnesses caused by the virus. I can guarantee if the data was clear that the vaccine ALSO prevented transmission then the pharma companies would have screamed about it and included the data in their studies. The LACK of this data in their studies suggests they are unsure at best OR they know that it does not prevent transmission.

Although mRNA-1273 is highly efficacious in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, there is not yet enough available data to draw conclusions as to whether the vaccine can impact SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Preliminary trial data suggests there may be some degree of prevention of asymptomatic infection after a single dose. Additional analyses are underway of the incidence of asymptomatic infection and viral shedding post-infection to understand the vaccine’s impact on infectiousness.

 

[Rich One]

Cuba will start using a vaccine developed locally..?