#Vaccines

Heidi Chow

hidschow

This is great news. I only wish other countries could also have this headline but they don't becausehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55145696 Pfizer has sold most of its vaccine stocks to rich countries, leaving

Yoong

yoongkhean

Ku Li should read about how vaccines work before releasing statements like this, which can be damaging if public refuse to get vaccinated or have vaccine hesitancy.First, any vaccine’s aim

Jeffrey A. Hirschfield, MD, DipABLM

DrHirschfield

Link reveals covid-19 vaccine events w/frequency & #'s. It appears that % of deaths from @moderna_tx vaccines is 3X higher than est from covid-19 infection, at 0.65-0.8%. This info is

Aaron Richterman, MD

AaronRichterman

Interesting poll. Selection/response bias aside, majority picked a low probability, but 40% still thought there was 10+% prob that vaccines will not substantially prevent transmission. This is why I have

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Hard to underscore the importance of this beautiful study by @eguia_rachel and colleagues (see @jbloom_lab's great thread).The bottom line is that coronavirus "reinfections" don't occur b/c we don't mount durable

Post-Culture Review

PostCultRev

Because the vaccines are not 100% effective, a widely publicized fact. The goal is to build herd immunity through mass vaccination. Every single headline like this is a choice a

Becca Magnus

beccamagnus

Just had my first Covid vaccine! Feeling a little tired, but good! A little thread on what to expect, for any who might be anxious I had mine at

Guy Opperman

GuyOpperman

VACCINES - why you should take oneA thread 1/ Today’s news gives us a message of serious hope for the return to normality. Vaccines save lives – polio, mumps,

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Vaccine safety thread - briefing to journalists as much as anyone else as ever, and an offer. Vaccines are safe. They are safe principally because of the extensive and multiple

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

How did Israel vaccinate 10-50X faster? This paper says:Small population, geographically tight area, relatively young population, decent weather in December 2020, a centralized national system of government, and well-developed emergency

Mark Shaw

Mrk_shaw

My wife is a GP, now doing medical research. Went through 2 duplicate sign up processes to Covid volunteer in March, but wasn't used. In November, her temporary re-registration was

White House COVID-19 Response Team

WHCOVIDResponse

Our commitment to the facts and offering updates for you straight from the experts themselves led us to host a Twitter Q&A today to address some of your most-asked questions

Eren Bali 🥼📲

erenbali

I've been in a lot of local gov discussions about the COVID vaccine distribution efforts. TLDR; we're completely unprepared to vaccinate the whole country and technology is the bottleneck. Read

CBG-san

OnlyNakedTruth

#CBG_ThreadLong before Serum Institute of India was setup, the mesmerising hills of Kasauli, HP made first Indian vaccines. But what connects smashed sheep brains, horse blood, an idyllic hill station

caring

caringguy1957

So the CEOs of the drug companies producing the vaccines are all sitting down together discussing the best way for them to all work together to get the vaccine to

COVID Perspective

covidperspectiv

* Short thread & thoughts on the vaccine news *The news is undoubtedly good news. 90% efficacy is well above expectations (50% was the bar for FDA approval, 60-70% the

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