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Jury still out on mixing and matching vaccines. Picture to become much clearer very soon with studies to come but assumption is that it should work given existing vaccines stimulate production of the spike protein with similar endpoint efficacy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 6, 2021 Source:Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response
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U.K. planning to give third Covid booster dose alongside the flu vaccine to people over 50 in the Fall. Studies looking at new variant-adjusted vaccine versus existing one to be used in this process.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 5, 2021 Source:All over-50s to ‘get a third Covid jab in autumn’ to stop third wave – so Britain never needs another lockdown
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Agree with @YoniFreedhoff & @dgardner on the latest NACI statement about the risk of AZ vaccine: “So many facepalms” & “If I were writing a chapter on risk communication, I would use what NACI has done to illustrate every possible mistake”, respectively.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 4, 2021 Source:NACI advice on ‘preferred vaccines’ for COVID-19 sparks confusion, anger
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The development of mRNA vaccine technology has the potential to expand to treat and prevent other diseases akin to the technological spinoffs seen with the Apollo space program.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May , 2021 Source:Why mRNA COVID-19 vaccines might unlock the key to treating cancer and other deadly diseases
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Sunday House Call, #788, May 2, 2021: “No Coke. Pepsi.” @brittlestar hits it out of the park.
An excellent video commentary by Stewart Reynolds. Allergic reaction from Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine is rare. Side effects are manageable and much less than what you would experience if you got sick from Covid. Phase 2 results of malaria vaccine achieve 77% efficacy crossing the WHO threshold of 75%. Why physicians need to stick to…
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Preprint study evaluated entire Scottish population and calls into question delaying second Covid vaccine dose up to 12 weeks. After first dose it noted a drop in preventing hospitalization from 84% at 5 weeks to 58% after the 7th. And after 16 weeks?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 30, 2021 Source:Scotland’s vaccine rollout suggests delaying the 2nd COVID-19 shot is a bad idea Reference:Effectiveness of first dose of COVID-19 vaccines against hospital admissions in Scotland:national prospective cohort study of 5.4 million people
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Clear public health guidelines are needed for people to know what restricted activities and actions will ease after receiving their Covid vaccine. Many erroneously assume that these changes can apply after the first dose.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 29, 2021 Source:What can we do after getting a COVID vaccine? Experts say clear guidance is needed
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Hope? Sure, but tone down the touting of experimental Pfizer drug to treat early Covid that hasn’t completed its 60-person phase 1 trial. And Miami private school ban on Covid-19-vaccinated teachers enters the pantheon of the Bizarro World.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 28, 2021 Source:Pfizer’s new at-home pill to treat Covid could be available by end of the year, CEO hopesPfizer Is Trialling The First Pill To Treat COVID-19Miami private school won’t employ teachers who get the Covid-19 vaccine Reference:Fact Check-COVID vaccines do not ‘shed’ from one person to another and then…
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Confidence in AZ vaccine growing in Canada according to poll. Many possible reasons including fear of disease, trusted advice, individual stories and experiences, and seeing friends and family being vaccinated without incident among other factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 27, 2021 Source:AstraZeneca gets big confidence jolt in Canada: Poll
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