Daily Archives: August 9, 2021
Interactive infographic: Data shows how rare severe breakthrough Covid infections are.
9 Aug, 2021 | 00:01h | UTCData shows how rare severe breakthrough Covid infections are – NBC News
Commentary on Twitter
Very good interactive infographic for impact of vaccination in 2021 by state https://t.co/HAfYYPX9FI by @NBCNews @seenigel @ChicagoEl @pdrbarquinha @jiachuanwu @NBCNewsGraphics
Here for California: Hospitalizations, deaths and infections pic.twitter.com/83Hxl2x2gm— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 7, 2021
RCT: Safety and immunogenicity of heterologous vs. homologous prime-boost schedules with an adenoviral vectored and mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
9 Aug, 2021 | 00:06h | UTCInvited commentary: Optimising SARS-CoV-2 vaccination schedules – The Lancet
Related: Another study shows increased immune response with heterologous Oxford-AstraZeneca/mRNA vaccination (several articles on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
Just published @TheLancet
A randomized mix and match trial of AZ and Pfizer vaccination in >800 people shows that mixing is safe and can engender at least as good, if not better, immune response https://t.co/V40Dy59Ia8 by @XinxueLiu and colleagues pic.twitter.com/tKl59LFz4i— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 6, 2021
CDC study showed a reduced risk of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 after covid-19 vaccination.
9 Aug, 2021 | 00:03h | UTC
Commentaries on Twitter
This is non randomized. The two biases are:
1. Behavior among those who got vaccinated likely different than those who don't
2. Likely those who didn't tested more aggressively
I would not cite this as many are doinghttps://t.co/rSkBC37uq0
— Vinay Prasad, MD MPH ?️? (@VPrasadMDMPH) August 7, 2021
Study shows that full #COVIDVaccination ⬇️ likelihood of being re-infected with #COVID19 compared to those who were previously had COVID but were not vaccinated (risk ⬆️ 2.3 fold)#GetVaccinated even if you have had COVID previouslyhttps://t.co/3dF3XPxwYp@fascinatorfun pic.twitter.com/ip6zTvNN86
— Kamlesh Khunti (@kamleshkhunti) August 7, 2021