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Astrazeneca has some advantages over the others based on recent analysis https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/a-vaccine-without-fda-approval-could-be-our-strongest-weapon-against-covid-19-variants-scientists-say/67-c76859cb-c487-4696-b6bb-b358c5685c94
“The epidemiologist says scientists are eyeing a vaccine that has yet to get FDA approval. Oxford and AstraZeneca’s vaccine was first approved in the U.K., since then the World Health Organization, and Canada have both authorized the use of the vaccine as well.”
“New data from London shows it’s 70 percent effective and was able to fight the U.K. variant, drastically lowering hospitalizations.
"The vaccine reduced hospitalizations by 94 percent, which is actually higher than Pfizer. So Pfizer is really well known to have a very high efficacy and work really well against coronavirus, but against this variant, AstraZeneca’s vaccine actually beats it," Roberts said.”
“Scientists think it’s key in fighting variants because it’s so easily changeable and can be fast-tracked.
"It’s true. AstraZeneca is ideally placed for this. The reason being is because of their tech. The piece of coronavirus that they put into the other virus, they can change it at will," Roberts said.
Once they find what’s missing in a variant, scientists put that piece in the vaccine. The body will make antibodies to block the mutation. "You could do this with the mRNA vaccines, but the difference is that AstraZeneca has their own manufacturing production. They can put it into manufacturing immediately because it’s their own facility. They can get it out right away," Roberts said.
The FDA could review and approve the AstraZeneca vaccine in a few weeks. While we wait, the makers of Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, with approval from the FDA, are updating their vaccines to fight new variants.”
As noted J&J has FDA panel greenlight – https://time.com/5942737/johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-fda-review/
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory committee earlier today (Feb. 26) voted unanimously to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization. While the FDA isn’t obligated to follow the committee’s advice, it generally does.”
“Unlike the two previous vaccines, J&J’s is a single shot, and can be shipped and stored under refrigerated, not frozen conditions, as the other two require.”
“In Janssen’s primary vaccine study, involving nearly 44,000 people, a single dose was found to be 66% effective in protecting people from moderate to severe COVID-19 disease. It was slightly less effective in protecting against new variants of the virus—against one that was first identified in South Africa, it was around 57%. Still, that protection met the threshold of 50% efficacy set by the FDA for granting emergency use authorization.”
Don’t take medicine ahead of your shot – anything which could impact your immune system is not wise which would include alcohol. – https://bestlifeonline.com/news-fauci-medication-vaccine/
“In mid-February, the CDC updated its vaccine guidance to warn patients not to take ibuprofen (Motrin and Advil), acetaminophen (Tylenol), aspirin, or antihistamines before their shots. "It is not recommended you take these medicines before vaccination for the purpose of trying to prevent side effects, because it is not known how these medications may impact how well the vaccine works," the CDC’s website reads, echoing Fauci’s comments on the lack of data.”
“taking Advil or Tylenol pre-shot is because, as the experts at the University of California, Irvine explain, taking these medications "before receiving a vaccine may reduce its ability to work and can blunt your immune response to the vaccine." And for more COVID news delivered right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.”
Better late than never news….so sad – https://bgr.com/2021/02/26/covid-schools-safety-ventilation-gyms-cdc-warning/?
“Experts warn that poor ventilation in schools could lead to additional coronavirus outbreaks once schools reopen.
The CDC, meanwhile, is urging gyms to improve their ventilation systems after dozens of gym-goers came down with COVID-19 after group classes.”
WHAT REALLY SUCKS THEY HAVE NO BASELINE/GUIDELINES. Okay so I will propose guidelines of practical sense. You can get a CO2 sensor on amazon under $100. Take a sensor reading of your ambient air outside. Typical outside measurement should be around 400-600ppm. Whatever that ambient is double it. IF your indoor reading is double than you know the circulation in the room to the ambient air is constraining. Obviously ideally it would equal ambient for 100% ventilation but really that is impractical for most. If you are healthy you should be able to some level of covid. For HVAC guidelines pre Covid their targets had been 1000-2000ppm to consider decent air exchange. May the odds be in your favor!
US back on track with increasing vaccine dosage
Worldwide we Israel at nearly 40% fully vaccinated. US is second ~7% then followed by Serbia 6%? Next major is Denmark and Sweden around 2%
Around 2K deaths for US. Brazil over 1K
TX leading confirmation CA leading deaths
TX confirmation has a decent dispersion of confirmation – but Harris county reported 3227
LA no longer leads confirmation with Harris County on top – perhaps the storm did not help the situation. LA deaths have spiked recently.
LA deaths spikes quite alarming. Harris county confirmation looks like a reporting issue as the 7 day moving avg doesn’t show a large spike yet.