French study finds vaccines highly effective at cutting severe Covid-19 risk The research published Monday -- focusing on prevention of severe Covid and death, not infection -- looked at 22 million people over 50 and found those who had received jabs were 90 percent less likely to be hospitalised or die. The results confirm observations from the US, the UK and Israel, but researchers say it is the largest study of its kind so far. Looking at data collected starting in December 2020, when France launched its jab campaign, the researchers compared the outcomes of 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated subjects. They formed pairs matching an unvaccinated individual with a vaccinated counterpart from the same region and of the same age and sex, tracking them from the date of the vaccinated person's second jab to July 20. Starting 14 days after a second dose, a vaccinated subjects' risk of severe Covid was reduced by 90 percent, according to the research conducted by Epi-Phare, an independent medicines safety research group that works closes with the French government. Vaccination appears to be nearly as effective against for the Delta variant, with 84 percent protection for people 75 and older and 92 percent for people 50-75. That estimate, however, is only based on a month of data, since the variant became dominant in France only in June. "The study should be followed up to include results from August and September," epidemiologist Mahmoud Zureik, the head of Epi-Phare, told AFP. The study covers vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs, but not Jannsen which was authorised much later and is far less widely used in France. The results also suggest that over the period of study -- up to five months -- vaccination protection against severe Covid did not diminish. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...hly-effective-at-cutting-severe-covid-19-risk ---------- They know the Delta Variant is targeting younger adults. The study should have included that age group too. wrbtrader
Third COVID shot reduces hospitalization by 93%, mortality by 81% Clalit's Ran Balicer: Data provides evidence for countries still deliberating about the need for booster campaign https://www.jpost.com/health-and-we...-by-93-percent-mortality-by-81-percent-683521 A third shot of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine reduces the chances of hospitalization by 93%, serious illness by 92% and mortality by 81%, according to an Israeli-American study published Friday night in the Lancet. The study, which compared nearly 730,000 individuals who received the third shot against the same number who were vaccinated with two shots five months or more prior and did not receive the booster, was carried out by researchers from Clalit Health Services and Harvard University. The observational study was done during the peak of the Delta wave – July 30 to September 23, 2021. It is the first study to be peer-reviewed that evaluates the effectiveness of a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine against serious outcomes while regulating for a variety of variables, including comorbidities and behavioral factors. “These data provide immediate evidence for other countries now deliberating the need for a similar booster vaccination campaign” to Israel’s, said Ran Balicer, Clalit’s chief of innovation. “Every country will need to make its own decision based on its setting and the timeline of vaccinations that were provided over the last year. “In Israel, it suggests that in view of its very early vaccination campaign and waning immunity, the decision for an early vaccination campaign was probably right and saved many lives,” he said. Israel was the first nation to perform a mass vaccination campaign using the third boosters. Since more than 3.9 million Israelis have gotten the booster, the infection rate in the country has markedly declined. Less than 1% of people screened for the virus are testing positive and Israel has only around 230 serious cases. Many countries around the world are now seeing a re-emergence of the virus, largely fueled by the Delta variant and its descendants. As such, these countries are considering following Israel and running a population-wide booster campaign. Specifically, the Clalit and Harvard researchers analyzed anonymous data of 728,321 Clalit patients who received a third dose of the vaccine compared to a control group that included 728,321 people who had received only two doses. The participants were matched for demographic, geographic and other health characteristics related to serious illness, as well as other health status or behavioral issues. Immunocompromised patients who received the third dose before July 30, 2021, were not included in the study. Because the study was dynamically based on the daily vaccination status of participants, around 198,000 individuals switched from the unvaccinated group to the vaccinated group during the study period. The study also included another layer of analysis at the population level, which found that in each age group, the coronavirus infection rate declined around seven to 10 days after the age group became eligible for the third shot. “These results … convincingly demonstrate that the third dose of the vaccine is most effective in preventing severe morbidity and hospitalization due to coronavirus in different age groups and subgroups of the population,” Balicer added. “These results are extremely important and give well-founded and valid information to anyone who is still hesitant about receiving the third dose – in Israel and in other countries around the world.” Prof. Ben Rice, director of the Predictive Medicine Group at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who also worked on the study, said that “one of the main reasons for the hesitation in deciding to be vaccinated with the third vaccine dose has been a lack of information about the effectiveness of the vaccine. “This rigorous epidemiological study provides reliable information on the effectiveness of the third dose vaccine,” he continued. “We hope it will help those who have not yet decided to get vaccinated with a third dose.”
Some follow-up news on Emergent BioSolutions. The federal government has cut them loose... they will not longer be involved in Covid vaccine efforts. Deal ended between Biden administration and Emergent BioSolutions, vaccine maker behind mix-up with J&J COVID shots https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emerge...deal-scrapped-contaminated-j-j-covid-vaccine/ Emergent BioSolutions, the Maryland-based contractor behind a mix-up that disrupted the global supply of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine seven months ago, says a vaccine manufacturing deal with the Biden administration has been terminated. The deal was worth more than $650 million. The company disclosed the development Thursday in a filing. Emergent later said in a statement that it plans to continue making Johnson & Johnson's vaccine under a separate deal with J&J. "As we came to September 30, based on where we were at that point in time, we determined that it was no longer probable that we were going to collect 100% of the contract," Rich Lindahl, Emergent's chief financial officer, told investors on Thursday, claiming the "government had been behind on payments" related to their order. Robert Kramer, the company's CEO, told investors they had agreed to cut ties with the Biden administration despite being "legally entitled to receive the full payment" under the government's contract. Since the mix-up that forced Emergent to discard batches of vaccine that could have yielded millions of doses for AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed the company to resume production of the J&J vaccine. In the months since, the Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted several of Emergent's vaccine batches of both shots for export, but has yet to authorize the facility to make doses for the domestic supply. "We've contributed over 100 million dose equivalents of COVID-19 vaccine for global distribution. Importantly, we look forward to continuing to support J&J's ongoing vaccine production in the months ahead," Kramer said. First inked in 2012 in the wake of the H1N1 flu pandemic, Emergent said it had been "just one of two original partners" to remain in the program first hatched by the Obama administration to expand domestic manufacturing capacity ahead of a potential new pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic strained global supply chains for vaccine makers, the Trump administration tapped the company's nascent vaccine factory - one of several "Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing" or CIADM - to make what's known as drug substance, an early stage of the manufacturing process, for Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. But the company's mix-up early this year ended hopes that the factory would make an early contribution to ramping up vaccine supply for the U.S., stalled domestic production of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for months and forced countries abroad to discard finished vaccines made from Emergent's drug substance that they feared could be contaminated. Only around 8 percent of fully vaccinated Americans ultimately received Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine, which was made using ingredients instead from the company's own suppliers in Europe. "Many companies stepped up to help fight this pandemic, often attempting to do things that had never been done before. Not everything went perfectly. We know that firsthand at Emergent," Kramer said in an op-ed published in The Baltimore Sun. Emergent says it and Johnson & Johnson have invested millions of dollars to overhaul the company's facilities and procedures in the wake of an FDA inspection in April that faulted Emergent's vaccine factory for an array of lapses and concerns that risked contamination. "But if you want companies to engage, you need to be willing to stand by them through both challenge and achievement," Kramer wrote.
Gov. Gavin Newsom fake news... He's 54 years of age and he's not immuno-compromised / underlying medical conditions and he's not living in a long-term care facility. Thus, he's not eligible to get a Covid booster. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p1021-covid-booster.html I called my Doctor about getting a Covid booster next year. He said I'm not eligible via the exact same reasons that I see about Newsom. In fact, you TT should stop spreading Covid / Pandemic / Vaccine misinformation here at a trading forum. --------- Children's Health Defense is an American activist group mainly known for anti-vaccine activities and has been identified as one of the main sources of misinformation on vaccines.[1] It was founded and is chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[2] Established under the name World Mercury Project in 2016, it has been campaigning against various public health programs, such as vaccination and fluoridation of drinking water.[3] The group has been contributing to vaccine hesitancy in the United States, encouraging citizens and legislators to support anti-vaccine regulations and legislation. #stopspreadingvaccinemisinformation #trumpvaccineswork wrbtrader
Why do you have me on ignore if you're just going to respond to my posts? Wouldn't it be simpler for conversational purposes if you just took me off OR actually ignored my posts (since you are using the functionality anyway)? I mean, I'm flattered that you're interested in speaking to me but I can't see your posts (because you've blocked me) unless you have the last in the thread and I hit "reply". Seems rather stupid, no? Be a man and whatever choice you make, stick to it.
Fucking grow up and stop posting misinformation/disinformation about the Pandemic, then Covid, and now the Vaccines. You started your bullshit in the Sweden threads. Now fuck off. Go start your own anti-vaccine, anti-covid, anti-face mask, or anti-Pandemic thread...I will not follow you there. Yet, you come into this thread, you're opening yourself to some harsh criticism whenever you post misinformation/disinformation. wrbtrader