Tag: Vaccination
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Take a look at the chart above…this is COVID vaccines administered daily (7 day moving average). We see a trend of rapid increase in the pace of vaccination. The numbers bounce around a bit from day to day, but I find this trend very encouraging along with the new federal…
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The federal government will now start sending out all available doses of the COVID vaccine, rather than holding some in reserve for second doses, per The Wall Street Journal. It will also recommend the vaccine be available to everyone over age 65. Broader eligibility criteria have helped Israel vaccinate faster…
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CNN just reported that the Biden administration plans to release all doses of the COVID vaccine right away, instead of holding back half of them to ensure 2nd doses are available. This could make the vaccine more widely available sooner. If more people get their first dose, that could get…
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If the average benefit from a booster is only 5%,(increasing efficacy from 90 to 95%), then intuitively it seems logical that this dose is better used by giving it to another individual without any vaccination to increase their immunity from 0 to 90%. A number of researchers have proposed getting…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID-19, FDA, Firstdosesfirst, Medrxiv, Moderna, Pfizer, Research, UK, Vaccination, Vaccines+
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Israel has vaccinated over a million people in a matter of weeks, moving faster than any other country in the world. About 12% of its population have now received a dose, compared to under 1% in the United States. 70% of the elderly should be vaccinated by the end of…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Haaretz, Israel, Moderna, Pfizer, Times of Israel, Vaccination, Vaccine+
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About ninety minutes ago, my dear friend Laura* received the Moderna COVID vaccine. She’s the first person I know to receive the Moderna one, and she reports that she hasn’t felt a thing so far. No pain or side effects of any kind. Laura works in a medical facility and…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Essential Workers, Frontline, Hope, Moderna, MRNA, Vaccination, Vaccine+
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My friend Lidia* got the Pfizer COVID vaccine on Saturday. She is the first person I know to receive it, and her experience was great overall. She said her arm was extremely sore, and she felt feverish for about 30 minutes the day after, but other than that she’s okay.…
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