#Doses

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

As expected, our @washingtonpost editorial today on the delayed second dose vaccine strategy has generated a vigorous and interesting dialogue. https://tinyurl.com/y7c6v9hz Here are my takeaways (a thread): 1/18 The debate

A.M.

bhalomanush

Four reasons why the leading COVID-19 vaccines may not be the best vaccines in the long-run.1. Moderna’s RNA vaccine has to be kept at –20 °C. Pfizer RNA vaccine has

Vishnu Som

VishnuNDTV

1. On Sunday, Maharashtra crossed 4000 Covid cases after 39 days. Mumbai reports 600 cases after a month. Covid hasn't disappeared. Every day of delaying the private availability of vaccines

Nelly Tells

NellyTells

So you got your kids vaccinated, you’ve been vaccinated, you don’t really see a problem with requiring everyone to vaccinate in order to participate in society.What’s the problem?Erm, what they

Paige Pauroso

PaigePauroso

Phase 1b vaccinations starting next week: - Main county clinic will be set up at Bojangles Coliseum on Sunday, vaccinating 6 days a week- First group is anyone 75+- online

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

Reassurance isn't what's called for. And it's not what people are searching for. What's needed is honesty. Here's what I say: 1/https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1338629858210033669 1. mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) ap

Zoë McLaren, PhD

ZoeMcLaren

I feel compelled to respond to @MattYglesias post "Give the vaccine to the elderly" in which he misinterprets ACIP objectives, pushes for simplicity over saving lives, and draws conclusions that

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

fascinatorfun

Pfizer. Israel refers to 30% efficacy “after” the first dose but does not state at what stage they are measuring efficacy as they ARE administering the second dose three weeks

Mark Eccleston-Turner

MarkRTurner

I think, of all the talk around vaccine nationalism and the EU, this is the sentence which bothers me the most “Pharmaceutical companies, vaccine developers, have moral, societal and contractual

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Fantastic thread by Jacob which argues for shifting vaccine emphasis in the EU away from recent bickering aimed at increasing supply (and unlikely to boost supply by much) towards "spreading

The Intercept

theintercept

Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey — all countries that hosted vaccine trials — will have to be satisfied with Pfizer’s gratitude, because (like most countries in the world) they

Maxibon

thiscassgirl

Initial reporting was lower efficacy sure but ongoing trials showed higher. We aren't getting the pfizer one in large doses as other govts had dibs based on investment & the

The Times

thetimes

Research in Israel appears to indicate that the initial dose of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine isn’t as effective against Covid-19 as initial studies showed.The UK government has begun to re-assess its

David Dayen

ddayen

This could be a chapter of my book Monopolized, I swear.So if you look at this map it may confuse you to see that the top state in terms of

Ben Coates

bencoates1

Dutch government now saying first vaccination will be 8 January, with limited rollout from 11th and more locations on 18th. Good news and credit to those getting it done -

Phil Syrpis

syrpis

'Vaccine priority' and 'vaccine nationalism'. Some hard questions. THREAD. 1/13 So far, the UK has had a successful vaccine programme. It has signed contracts which promise the delivery of many

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