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12-10-2020, 04:16 PM | #49276 |
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Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Pauses ‘Ellen Show’ Production
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12-10-2020, 04:17 PM | #49277 |
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So the hope is to have 50 million vaccinated by the end of January here in the US.
Paired with infection immunity, I'd say that would get us to about 150 mil total? |
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12-10-2020, 04:22 PM | #49278 | |
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There's also some issue of overlap. Many who get vaccinated will have already had COVID whether they knew it or not. Regardless, I REALLY hope that we see death rates plummet by the end of January. |
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12-10-2020, 04:25 PM | #49279 | |
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Last i read they think it's up to the "we're catching 1 in 7/8 cases" territory, so if thats the case, we should theoretically get there sooner than later. |
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12-10-2020, 04:31 PM | #49280 |
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I know it's been speculated that actual cases are between three and ten times known positives. Everything I've seen makes me lean more towards the conservative side and a factor of three. Right now we have roughly 16 million cases and are adding a million per week. The end of January is seven weeks away, so add seven million (and it could be a bit more) to the total. Twenty-three million, multiplied by 3 brings us to 69 million infections. That's 20% of the country. Without having a better metric, you'll have to assume that around 20% of those receiving the vaccine will be overlap. That gives you 40 million new individuals. Added to our infected population, and I think you end up around 110-115 million. Still 1/3 of the country.
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12-10-2020, 04:32 PM | #49281 |
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So it's not getting approved today?
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12-10-2020, 04:50 PM | #49282 |
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CDC advisory committee will vote Sunday on Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine
From CNN's Elizabeth Cohen An advisory committee to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to vote Sunday whether to recommend Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, according to an agenda posted on the agency’s website. If the panel votes in favor of the vaccine, that’s the last step needed before shots can go into arms. An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration voted to recommend emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s vaccine on Thursday. If the FDA does follow the advice of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – and it usually does – then it’s the CDC’s turn to review the data. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet virtually Friday to discuss Pfizer’s data, according to the agenda. Dr. William Gruber, Pfizer’s senior vice president of vaccine clinical research and development, will make a presentation to the group. The company’s clinical trials have shown the vaccine to be 95% effective with no severe side effects. Once the FDA issues an EUA, then ACIP – a panel of independent experts – can vote on whether to recommend it. “We anticipate being able to vote on the use of this vaccine on Sunday,” CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund told CNN. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield has to sign off on ACIP’s recommendation before it’s an official recommendation. ACIP will also vote on whether any groups should not receive the vaccine. The vaccine has not yet been studied in several groups, including children under age 16, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and people who are immunocompromised. On Dec. 1, the panel voted that the first two groups to receive the vaccine should be health care workers, and residents of nursing home and assisted living facilities. |
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12-10-2020, 04:56 PM | #49283 |
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12-10-2020, 04:59 PM | #49284 |
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So now what happens?
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12-10-2020, 05:01 PM | #49285 |
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12-10-2020, 05:10 PM | #49286 |
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MY understanding..... CDC advisory panel meets tomorrow and Sunday. If approved on either day, the FDA will approve that day and the vaccine goes out.
I’m thinking why not just approve it tomorrow at that meeting? Last edited by BigRedChief; 12-10-2020 at 05:17 PM.. |
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12-10-2020, 05:10 PM | #49287 |
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12-10-2020, 05:15 PM | #49288 |
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Maybe this is due to my own ignorance but I thought the FDA was voting on the actual authorization of the vaccine today.
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12-10-2020, 05:16 PM | #49289 |
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12-10-2020, 05:17 PM | #49290 |
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The advisory panel makes a recommendation. The FDA itself determines the authorization. The latter will likely happen tomorrow, but technically they're not required to follow the recommendation.
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