#VACCINE

Seth Berkley

GaviSeth

The early data on the @AstraZeneca-@UniofOxford #COVID19 vaccine candidate is fantastic news for the #COVAX vision of equitable access for the most vulnerable groups in all countries, regardless of income

Anup Malani

anup_malani

Thread: Is the main benefit of a COVID vaccine health or economic activity?Or: the counter-factual matters. What would we do in the absence of or delay in a vaccine?Or: Let's

tiff 🍊

leaderkoya

thread on updates of my immuno prof giving us about the covid19 virus ill update on this thread:a prophylactic vaccine clinical trial in the process and launched in coming weeks.

South Omens / Marta

SouthOmens

Clinical trials data is already biased because not enough POC are selected to enter the studies as patients because of rampaging racism. Now you tell me they are the ones

Dr. Neurofourier

Neurofourier

A VERY rough analysis to discuss the challenges of vaccine deployment. Lets assume that April 1st would be the release date of the vaccine. Let's also assume the following estimated

Shaun Lintern

ShaunLintern

Coronavirus vaccine could be fast-tracked under government plans to change the law that will also protect pharmaceutical companies from being sued:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-vaccine-fast-tracked-uk-unlicensed-medi

Alexandra Freeman

alex_freeman

Our graphics to illustrate the potential benefits and potential harms of the AstraZeneca vaccine as announced by the MHRA this afternoon.Benefits accrued over 16 weeks, at three different levels of

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

What is an mRNA vaccine? One that instructs the human host cell to make isolated viral proteins (not the whole virus just a surface protein!) so the immune system learns

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update September 2: Vaccine by November 1 come hell or high water.Some misunderstand the purpose of vaccines. Commissioner @SteveFDA is one of them. Donald Trump is another.That lack of

RoseAnne Archibald, ON Regional Chief

ORCRoseAnne

1/ Grateful to receive my #seconddose of #Moderna #vaccine today. My first dose on April 1, was easy and I had no side effects, except a slightly sore arm for

Shireen

sheermean

It can be simultaneously true that: 1) hormonal birth control side effects are often ignored; medical sexism is real2) the J&J shot should be paused for information-gathering on potential risk

Robb Willer

RobbWiller

Republicans are the largest vaccine hesitant group in the US and their hesitancy is not declining. What can we do about it?In this new piece in the @LAtimes, I &

Sumanth Raman

sumanthraman

What worries me about #Covid is the feeling we all have that come January the vaccine will become available and that will mean a return to normalcy. We only need

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oyevivekk

Thread: Vaccine Race - India & USAIn 2020 after the pandemic hit the world, the US govt gave away $11 Billion (INR 83,000 Crore) to 8 large, private pharmaceutical companies

Anurag Dixit

bhootnath

My final tweets on vaccine issue (hopefully): we have a pandemic of unseen enormity. 100k+ fatalities. It needs to be curtailed and fast for economy and more importantly life to

Eileen Iorio

eileeniorio

Harvard scientist and colleague of Dr. Fauci slams Moderna vaccine press release w/out data, affecting share prices. He questions Fauci's judgement and FDA recommendations for Remdesivir. He criticizes the Oxford