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zafrada

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A lot of people especially children that aren't up to date on coronavirus vaccination.

A lot of people especially children that aren't up to date on coronavirus vaccination.

A lot of avoidable needless disease burden, especially as we enter the winter months. Boosters aren't just important for older adults, all ages benefit from being up to date on vaccination. And the new

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zafrada

4y

Death rates and myocarditis rates.

Death rates and myocarditis rates.

Differences in death rates by vaccination status for people 50 and older. Get vaccinated! People that received two or more boosters had 14 times lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated. Even

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zafrada

4y

ACIP recommended the Novavax coronavirus vaccine 12-0.

ACIP recommended the Novavax coronavirus vaccine 12-0.

The CDC director has signed off on approval as well. We now officially have four coronavirus vaccines in the US! About 26-37 million adults remain unvaccinated at this point. Risk of hospitalization and

zafrada

4y

Novavax gets FDA authorization.

Novavax gets FDA authorization.

It now goes to the CDC. The CDC's advisory committee ACIP will meet July 19th to discuss authorizing Novavax, and then the CDC director will sign off. Unfortunately it was only authorized as a primary

ersusoficial

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Perpetual futures sobre acciones: por qué las criptomonedas quieren llevarlos a Wall Street

Perpetual futures sobre acciones: por qué las criptomonedas quieren llevarlos a Wall Street

Durante años, una de las grandes diferencias entre el mercado tradicional y el mercado de criptomonedas fue bastante sencilla: La bolsa cerraba. Bitcoin no. Mientras las acciones estadounidenses normalmente

zafrada

4y

FDA authorized a Pfizer booster dose for 5-11 year olds at least 5 months after they complete their initial two dose series.

FDA authorized a Pfizer booster dose for 5-11 year olds at least 5 months after they complete their initial two dose series.

The CDC's ACIP is meeting Thursday to discuss it, and then it goes to the CDC director for final approval. This was based on an immunobridging trial showing non-inferior immune responses compared to an

zafrada

5y

Unanimous vote for preference of mRNA vaccines over J&J for all adults

Unanimous vote for preference of mRNA vaccines over J&J for all adults

ACIP unanimously approves preference for mRNA vaccines over J&J for all adults unless contraindicated in light of the new data update on Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS). The TTS risk

zafrada

5y

Vaccinating children against covid has benefits beyond individual protection.

Vaccinating children against covid has benefits beyond individual protection.

The coronavirus is more severe for children than the Flu, but even setting aside that there's reasons to vaccinate a subpopulation besides individual benefit. We routinely vaccinate kids against Flu mainly

zafrada

5y

Pfizer to apply for boosters to all adults.

Pfizer to apply for boosters to all adults.

A Biden Admin official is saying Pfizer is expected to apply for third dose boosters for all adults in the coming weeks. I think this will eventually be the case, just a matter of when. The FDA was fairly

triverse

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Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Work in Progress for Sega Dreamcast by Fan

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Work in Progress for Sega Dreamcast by Fan

Just grab the demo already before Disney shuts this down

zafrada

5y

ACIP votes 14-0 to approve Pfizer vaccine for kids 5-11.

ACIP votes 14-0 to approve Pfizer vaccine for kids 5-11.

No qualifications. 2 dose series for all kids (10 micrograms vs the adult 30 micrograms dose). It goes to Walensky who should greenlight vaccination for this group tonight or tomorrow. This meeting was

zafrada

5y

Boosters are live now since Walensky's decision.

Boosters are live now since Walensky's decision.

Walensky overruled ACIP's guidance and supported Pfizer boosters for those in occupations/institutional settings at high risk of exposure to COVID. Originally this group failed in the ACIP vote 6-9. So

zafrada

5y

ACIP votes on guidance for Pfizer boosters.

ACIP votes on guidance for Pfizer boosters.

ACIP voted on guidance for Pfizer boosters today. A few surprises. A good example of how hard it is to decide appropriate vaccination policy with mixed and incomplete data and complex priorities. On the

zafrada

5y

Contextualizing the risks of the J&J Vaccine.

Contextualizing the risks of the J&J Vaccine.

ACIP didn't make a recommendation on J&J yesterday, but some useful background information was presented to contextualize things a bit more on the risks and costs. While 7.2 million doses of J&J

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djennyfloro

8y

Ark Community Improvement Proposal 01

Ark Community Improvement Proposal 01

Abstract To move forward for future adoption, the community needs to improve just as much as the protocol. Some improvements don’t fit in an AIP as they are not purely protocol-based. There is a lot to