Wasn't this just now 85% Pfizer and 94% AZ, in an article 1-2 pages ago, also from BBC, around day old? Some comments are even mentioning it (and doing the stupid along the way, because they still can't Brexit in their minds).
I am a bit confused. But according to previous results Pfizer overall is... better?
This is annoying. Pretty sure that AZ results have varied wildly over the last month, so which one is it, after all?
They are different studies from different bodies - one in Scotland (the first article) and one in the England - I even mentioned in the post you quoted that PHE's study supported the findings from PHS. I have no idea why you've mentioned Brexit.
Both vaccines work and cut the risk of serious illness.
Yes, it's the same study from Scotland.
The 81% is from the elderly in that study (not split according to vaccine - most got AZ); so the vaccines were more effective for younger ones.
It may be better even in this study.
So, Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is between 76 and 91% effective after first dose, and Astra-Zeneca vaccine between 73 and 99% after the first dose.
We don't know which number in those intervals are the right ones, so we can just compute the odds for one being "better" than the other.
Oh, and read the rest of my previous reply as well; if you live in the UK you should be concerned that the population is used as guinea pigs.
We don't know.
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The second article had both data from PHS and PHE. However, the quoted number was from PHS; so both numbers were from Scotland.
Yes, but as far as I can see the data does not support the idea of delaying the second dose beyond four weeks for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine; it rather suggests that the effect starts to wane.
With only one dose for Pfizer/BioNTech (the 2nd dose would normally be given around day 28 I think):
At day 28-34 effectiveness is 85% (76 to 91)
At day 35-41 effectiveness is 68% (53 to 79)
At day 42+ effectiveness is 64% (49 to 75)
Note that this is effectiveness in terms of hospital admissions.
For obvious reasons the study cannot say anything about such long-term effectiveness for the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in the population.
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Self proclaimed experts don't usually hold much expertise. There was a time period when not everyone has gone to school. Public education wasn't mandatory until the 1920's. So obviously humans don't need contact with large groups of people to stay mentally healthy.
Good thing I'm an off brand label. A lot of people have had COVID that didn't know they had it. That's how the virus is able to spread as well as it does.You didn't read the warning label saying: "Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results"?
We've had more than 2 waves. Like I said many times before, there is no second wave. Just one continuous wave.
I don't understand this. You're ok with the elder dying? Pretty sure there was an episode on Star Trek about that.The only reason why C19 is actually a problem is because technology allowed us to maintain a popular of seniors that is unnatural. There is no reason to fret for the human race if we don't keep wearing chin-diapers for the rest of our existence.
Which is why history repeats and then we have COVID.Yo and who cares, now a hundred years after?
Right. No one.
Sure they're not worried about losing their jobs. Reduced hours along with reduced pay would never effect ones opinion on a matter. I'm sure the gym teachers are totally fine with this. Movie theater workers as well as restaurant workers all agree that activities with people are better for people. No conflict of interest there. Nope.I have 26 teachers at work with me that would WILDLY disagree with your statement.
Not because they fear for their jobs but because they are deeply worried about the children's lack of progress.
I was talking from the angle of C19 being a threat to humanity that warrants continuous, indefinite measures. Don't try to twist my words.
Fact is: if the vaccines suppress most problematic cases / deaths even in the elderly population (the most vulnerable one to C19), then there is -0- reason to continue this nonsense.
You being afraid of some super bug will not change that.
Will this be the last pandemic? No. New contagions are a part of living in this world. It's only a matter of time.
Yes, we have seen that you as a self proclaimed expert have little or no knowledge.
There are several reason why most countries work very hard to keep schools open, with in person learning, and a major one is that they actually have experts saying that this is important for the children.
Unless you can find an expert that support your views I don't see any point in continuing this discussion. I'm still not convinced that you have seen an actual human being.
But most of them frequently met with other children - even if they didn't go to school.
They were also less educated and wouldn't be able to handle the workplace of the future.
And, it's easy, but wrong, to assume that there was no school before it was made mandatory (and the US wasn't the first country with public education).
can't wait for shit to hit the fan when the vaccination passport society has become a thing and a new strain breaks out requiring lockdown level measures again.
got a feeling it won't be accepted and it'll become politically viable to just segregate the vulnerable instead.
Second shot done, bye COVID-19, see you again in 2028 or whatever it will be next time.
We should learn from this and do what we can to prevent an outbreak from killing as many people as it has. To simply go back to pre-covid will mean we've learned nothing from this experience. We should avoid gathering of large groups of people whenever possible. In Asia the wearing of a mask was the norm even before COVID. We have the technology to limit our interaction with people when unnecessary. We should take advantage of it, instead of promoting our legacy way of life.
Yet even more proof of Trumper Right Wing Anti-Science and Anti-Intellectual Idiocy.
A Fetus is not a person under the 14th amendment.
Christians are Forced Birth Fascists against Human Rights who indoctrinate and groom children. Prove me wrong.
Does this stem from how "ME, MEGAN MCCAIN, VERY IMPORTANT PERSON AND CO-HOST OF THE VIEW, THE POPULAR TELEVISION PROGRAM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN AND WHERE TO GET MY VACCINE! DR. FAUCCI, WHO IS THE NATIONS TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT, CANNOT TELL ME WHEN AND WHERE I, MEGAN MCCAIN, CAN GET MY VACCINE. HE SHOULD KNOW WHEN EVERY ONE OF THE 300M+ AMERICANS ARE SCHEDULED TO GET THEIR VACCINES AND WHERE THEY SHOULD GET THEM!"
Or is this unrelated?
Also, what are Diamond and Silk up to nowadays?
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