Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Just keep in mind that number of confirmed cases does not equate to number of infections.
Omicron has been in the UK for at least 3 weeks, and has a doubling time of 2.5 days (conservative estimate)
There's probably been way over a million infections of it already. Most people won't even have known. Most people who've had it will have had a cold, whether they've tested for COVID or not if you get me.
There's going to be tons of immunity in the population which is a good thing too.
FDA authorizes Pfizer pill to treat Covid-19 in patients as young as 12
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Paxlovid, a pill developed and made by Pfizer, as a treatment for Covid-19, a significant step in the battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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The drug was authorized for use in people as young as 12 so long as they weigh at least 88 pounds.
The authorization of an oral antiviral to beat back Covid has been eagerly anticipated because such a medicine could reach large numbers of people infected with the virus and prevent them from becoming seriously ill or hospitalized. Existing medicines, such as monoclonal antibodies, must be given intravenously or as injections.
Pretty sure i saw earlier the UK has ordered 4.5m more of the antivirals (dunno if this is the one)The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Paxlovid, a pill developed and made by Pfizer, as a treatment for Covid-19, a significant step in the battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.FDA authorizes Pfizer pill to treat Covid-19 in patients as young as 12
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Paxlovid, a pill developed and made by Pfizer, as a treatment for Covid-19, a significant step in the battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The drug was authorized for use in people as young as 12 so long as they weigh at least 88 pounds.
The authorization of an oral antiviral to beat back Covid has been eagerly anticipated because such a medicine could reach large numbers of people infected with the virus and prevent them from becoming seriously ill or hospitalized. Existing medicines, such as monoclonal antibodies, must be given intravenously or as injections.
It was to get people onto the trials
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
Apprehensive and Anxious about the significant omricon challenge, you mean the one that's failed to happen anywhere else in the world since this despicable varient reard its ugly head 6 weeks ago.
Casedemic now with utter shithousery from the media driving it.
www.breakingnews.ie
Casedemic now with utter shithousery from the media driving it.
Covid: 6,307 new cases as health service braces for 'surreal' festive period | BreakingNews
The HSE chief executive said the health system is already under pressure.
www.breakingnews.ie
"Won't Get Fooled Again"
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
The evidence for a great many things is being ignored these days.
Some of each of the two currently available.
grandjoeblue
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Mental. Outdoor masking isn't required at all. So many better ways to improve the situation.
nikom court
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theres no evidence they work at all!
toffee82
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Really hope the Phase 2 and 3 trials are successful
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Within weeks, scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research expect to announce that they have developed a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 and all its variants, even Omicron, as well as previous SARS-origin viruses that have killed millions of people worldwide. The achievement is the result of almost two years of work on the virus. The Army lab received its first DNA sequencing of the COVID-19 virus in early 2020. Very early on, Walter Reed’s infectious diseases branch decided to focus on making a vaccine that would work against not just the existing strain but all of its potential variants as well.
Walter Reed’s Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine, or SpFN, completed animal trials earlier this year with positive results. Phase 1 of human trials, which tested the vaccine against Omicron and the other variants, wrapped up this month, again with positive results that are undergoing final review, Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, director of Walter Reed’s infectious diseases branch, said in an exclusive interview with Defense One. The new vaccine will still need to undergo phase 2 and phase 3 trials.
Unlike existing vaccines, Walter Reed’s SpFN uses a soccer ball-shaped protein with 24 faces for its vaccine, which allows scientists to attach the spikes of multiple coronavirus strains on different faces of the protein.
US Army Creates Single Vaccine Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say
Within weeks, Walter Reed researchers expect to announce that human trials show success against Omicron—and even future strains.
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Walter Reed’s Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine, or SpFN, completed animal trials earlier this year with positive results. Phase 1 of human trials, which tested the vaccine against Omicron and the other variants, wrapped up this month, again with positive results that are undergoing final review, Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, director of Walter Reed’s infectious diseases branch, said in an exclusive interview with Defense One. The new vaccine will still need to undergo phase 2 and phase 3 trials.
Unlike existing vaccines, Walter Reed’s SpFN uses a soccer ball-shaped protein with 24 faces for its vaccine, which allows scientists to attach the spikes of multiple coronavirus strains on different faces of the protein.
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