NACI stands by its four month dosing interval but does not provide further evidence that this will work well for all age groups and for those with complicating medical conditions. Hope the gamble works (truly, no sarcasm).

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 8, 2021

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Vaccine committee says extending dose interval would allow more essential workers to receive 1st shot

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  1. Israeli real-world Pfizer vaccine study reports infection rates dropped by 33% in treatment group of 200K people >60 y.o vs 200K controls after 21 days, less than predicted by proponents of delaying 2nd dose. Stay on schedule until proven otherwise.
  2. 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?
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  4. The variant is to model outcome predictions as Asimov’s Foundation series’ Mule was in Hari Seldon’s Psychohistory projections. Extracting six doses per vial instead of five is like Jean Luc Picard being told there are five lights when there are four.