COVID-19 >> New Drug Activity & VACCINE TRACKING!!

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Could be- However, It's hard to trust the Cuban   govt on anything



Both are 3 shots, that a new one

Doesn't Sinovac require about six doses to equal one jab of an mRNA vaccine.

Could be. I know it's not even near the effectiveness level of  any of our vaccines .. same for the Russian effort

[Anonymous]

I got my second dose......I got Moderna this time..



I don't have a sore arm..



I have the rest of the day off.

Right on. Alberta is doing really good on second doses.

[Anonymous]

I got my second dose......I got Moderna this time..



I don't have a sore arm..



I have the rest of the day off.

Right on. Alberta is doing really good on second doses.

Fuck yeah. I'm 36 and I'm getting my second dose next week.

[cc]

That's good news, gal

[Anonymous]

I got my second dose......I got Moderna this time..



I don't have a sore arm..



I have the rest of the day off.

Right on. Alberta is doing really good on second doses.

Fuck yeah. I'm 36 and I'm getting my second dose next week.

I will bet that back in March you were wondering if you would have both doses by the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

Both doses of vaccines may not be providing as much protection against the Delta variant as we had hoped.



Half of Adults Infected in Latest COVID-19 Outbreak Were Fully Vaccinated: Israeli Official



About 90 percent of new COVID-19 infections in Israel were caused by the CCP virus's Delta variant, officials said, while adding that about half of the adults infected in the recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.



Ran Balicer, who leads an expert advisory panel for the Israeli government, in announcing the finding on Friday, said that the country might end up implementing another lockdown after opening up earlier this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The fully vaccinated individuals were inoculated with the Pfizer COVID-19 shot commonly used in Israel.



"The entrance of the delta variant has changed the transition dynamics," he noted, referring to the B.1.617.2 strain of COVID-19 that has now been detected in more than 70 countries. COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus.



New cases of the virus rose to more than 200 on Thursday, from around 10 per day in most of June, officials said.



And on Friday, Israeli authorities told residents that they must again have to wear masks again indoors, reported Reuters.



The health ministry reimposed the mask requirement for all indoor settings except the home, and said it was also recommending masks be worn at large outdoor gatherings, specifically mentioning gay pride events taking place around Israel this weekend.



Some 55 percent of Israel's 9.3 million population have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, officials said. Eligibility was extended to 12- to 15-year-olds in May.



"Our goal at the moment, first and foremost, is to safeguard the citizens of Israel from the Delta variant that is running amok in the world," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday, reported the WSJ.



The reimposition of the country's mask mandate and potentially a new lockdown is sure to prompt questions about the general effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines—and amid reports of so-called "breakthrough" cases in recent weeks.



Earlier this month, for example, nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts tested positive for the CCP virus, according to health officials in the state.



"We're learning that many of the breakthrough infections are asymptomatic or they're very mild and brief in duration," said Boston University infectious diseases specialist Davidson Hamer, the Boston Herald reported. "The viral load is not very high."



"Breakthroughs are expected, and we need to better understand who's at risk and whether people who have a breakthrough can transmit the virus to others," Hamer said. "In some cases, they'll be shedding such low levels of the virus and won't be transmitting to others."



And on April 30, the CDC reported that some 10,626 breakthrough cases were reported in 46 states and territories.



The World Health Organization (WHO) says on its website that COVID-19 vaccines should work against the Delta strain as well as other COVID-19 variants.



However, the U.N. agency warned that  "changes or mutations in the virus should not make vaccines completely ineffective," adding that if the "vaccines prove to be less effective against one or more variants, it will be possible to change the composition of the vaccines to protect against these variants."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/half-of-adults-infected-in-latest-covid-19-outbreak-were-fully-vaccinated-israeli-officials_3874223.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-26&mktids=cf6c7ca376a8232e87a3f04ad11ad3f6&est=YQwxyPxVJMvrB%2FwGtIA7ikTtb6F%2FIDkN438kH2l%2BKYM6rB6CFcRGGkluR0Ne6eQNhA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... QNhA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/half-of-adults-infected-in-latest-covid-19-outbreak-were-fully-vaccinated-israeli-officials_3874223.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-26&mktids=cf6c7ca376a8232e87a3f04ad11ad3f6&est=YQwxyPxVJMvrB%2FwGtIA7ikTtb6F%2FIDkN438kH2l%2BKYM6rB6CFcRGGkluR0Ne6eQNhA%3D%3D

[Anonymous]

Oh my, that's discouraging..



But, it also says that people who are fully vaccinated who test positive for the Delta variant are usually asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Both doses of vaccines may not be providing as much protection against the Delta variant as we had hoped.



Half of Adults Infected in Latest COVID-19 Outbreak Were Fully Vaccinated: Israeli Official



About 90 percent of new COVID-19 infections in Israel were caused by the CCP virus's Delta variant, officials said, while adding that about half of the adults infected in the recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.



Ran Balicer, who leads an expert advisory panel for the Israeli government, in announcing the finding on Friday, said that the country might end up implementing another lockdown after opening up earlier this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The fully vaccinated individuals were inoculated with the Pfizer COVID-19 shot commonly used in Israel.



"The entrance of the delta variant has changed the transition dynamics," he noted, referring to the B.1.617.2 strain of COVID-19 that has now been detected in more than 70 countries. COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus.



New cases of the virus rose to more than 200 on Thursday, from around 10 per day in most of June, officials said.



And on Friday, Israeli authorities told residents that they must again have to wear masks again indoors, reported Reuters.



The health ministry reimposed the mask requirement for all indoor settings except the home, and said it was also recommending masks be worn at large outdoor gatherings, specifically mentioning gay pride events taking place around Israel this weekend.



Some 55 percent of Israel's 9.3 million population have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, officials said. Eligibility was extended to 12- to 15-year-olds in May.



"Our goal at the moment, first and foremost, is to safeguard the citizens of Israel from the Delta variant that is running amok in the world," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday, reported the WSJ.



The reimposition of the country's mask mandate and potentially a new lockdown is sure to prompt questions about the general effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines—and amid reports of so-called "breakthrough" cases in recent weeks.



Earlier this month, for example, nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts tested positive for the CCP virus, according to health officials in the state.



"We're learning that many of the breakthrough infections are asymptomatic or they're very mild and brief in duration," said Boston University infectious diseases specialist Davidson Hamer, the Boston Herald reported. "The viral load is not very high."



"Breakthroughs are expected, and we need to better understand who's at risk and whether people who have a breakthrough can transmit the virus to others," Hamer said. "In some cases, they'll be shedding such low levels of the virus and won't be transmitting to others."



And on April 30, the CDC reported that some 10,626 breakthrough cases were reported in 46 states and territories.



The World Health Organization (WHO) says on its website that COVID-19 vaccines should work against the Delta strain as well as other COVID-19 variants.



However, the U.N. agency warned that  "changes or mutations in the virus should not make vaccines completely ineffective," adding that if the "vaccines prove to be less effective against one or more variants, it will be possible to change the composition of the vaccines to protect against these variants."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/half-of-adults-infected-in-latest-covid-19-outbreak-were-fully-vaccinated-israeli-officials_3874223.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-26&mktids=cf6c7ca376a8232e87a3f04ad11ad3f6&est=YQwxyPxVJMvrB%2FwGtIA7ikTtb6F%2FIDkN438kH2l%2BKYM6rB6CFcRGGkluR0Ne6eQNhA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... QNhA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/half-of-adults-infected-in-latest-covid-19-outbreak-were-fully-vaccinated-israeli-officials_3874223.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-26&mktids=cf6c7ca376a8232e87a3f04ad11ad3f6&est=YQwxyPxVJMvrB%2FwGtIA7ikTtb6F%2FIDkN438kH2l%2BKYM6rB6CFcRGGkluR0Ne6eQNhA%3D%3D

Libtards will jump on this to block a return to civil liberties.

[Anonymous]

Both doses of vaccines may not be providing as much protection against the Delta variant as we had hoped.



Half of Adults Infected in Latest COVID-19 Outbreak Were Fully Vaccinated: Israeli Official



About 90 percent of new COVID-19 infections in Israel were caused by the CCP virus's Delta variant, officials said, while adding that about half of the adults infected in the recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.



Ran Balicer, who leads an expert advisory panel for the Israeli government, in announcing the finding on Friday, said that the country might end up implementing another lockdown after opening up earlier this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The fully vaccinated individuals were inoculated with the Pfizer COVID-19 shot commonly used in Israel.



"The entrance of the delta variant has changed the transition dynamics," he noted, referring to the B.1.617.2 strain of COVID-19 that has now been detected in more than 70 countries. COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus.



New cases of the virus rose to more than 200 on Thursday, from around 10 per day in most of June, officials said.



And on Friday, Israeli authorities told residents that they must again have to wear masks again indoors, reported Reuters.



The health ministry reimposed the mask requirement for all indoor settings except the home, and said it was also recommending masks be worn at large outdoor gatherings, specifically mentioning gay pride events taking place around Israel this weekend.



Some 55 percent of Israel's 9.3 million population have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, officials said. Eligibility was extended to 12- to 15-year-olds in May.



"Our goal at the moment, first and foremost, is to safeguard the citizens of Israel from the Delta variant that is running amok in the world," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday, reported the WSJ.



The reimposition of the country's mask mandate and potentially a new lockdown is sure to prompt questions about the general effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines—and amid reports of so-called "breakthrough" cases in recent weeks.



Earlier this month, for example, nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts tested positive for the CCP virus, according to health officials in the state.



"We're learning that many of the breakthrough infections are asymptomatic or they're very mild and brief in duration," said Boston University infectious diseases specialist Davidson Hamer, the Boston Herald reported. "The viral load is not very high."



"Breakthroughs are expected, and we need to better understand who's at risk and whether people who have a breakthrough can transmit the virus to others," Hamer said. "In some cases, they'll be shedding such low levels of the virus and won't be transmitting to others."



And on April 30, the CDC reported that some 10,626 breakthrough cases were reported in 46 states and territories.



The World Health Organization (WHO) says on its website that COVID-19 vaccines should work against the Delta strain as well as other COVID-19 variants.



However, the U.N. agency warned that  "changes or mutations in the virus should not make vaccines completely ineffective," adding that if the "vaccines prove to be less effective against one or more variants, it will be possible to change the composition of the vaccines to protect against these variants."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/half-of-adults-infected-in-latest-covid-19-outbreak-were-fully-vaccinated-israeli-officials_3874223.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-26&mktids=cf6c7ca376a8232e87a3f04ad11ad3f6&est=YQwxyPxVJMvrB%2FwGtIA7ikTtb6F%2FIDkN438kH2l%2BKYM6rB6CFcRGGkluR0Ne6eQNhA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... QNhA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/half-of-adults-infected-in-latest-covid-19-outbreak-were-fully-vaccinated-israeli-officials_3874223.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-26&mktids=cf6c7ca376a8232e87a3f04ad11ad3f6&est=YQwxyPxVJMvrB%2FwGtIA7ikTtb6F%2FIDkN438kH2l%2BKYM6rB6CFcRGGkluR0Ne6eQNhA%3D%3D

The Delta variant is bad.

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Astrazeneca  in partnership with Oxford U. has just started trials for a new vaccine

[Anonymous]

Astrazeneca  in partnership with Oxford U. has just started trials for a new vaccine

Is it for the Delta variant?

[cc]

Not sure, but that would make sense. I doubt they would start something not tuned for it



 It was just a blurb on the  runner at the bottom of TV screen .. Global News

[Anonymous]

Not sure, but that would make sense. I doubt they would start something not tuned for it



 It was just a blurb on the  runner at the bottom of TV screen .. Global News

Okay. I'll look for it.

[Anonymous]

The province's 71.3 per cent first-dose vaccination rate of people over the age of 12 is being bolstered by larger population centres, while trust, access and the level of concern around COVID-19 are contributing to lower uptake of vaccinations in rural areas of Alberta.

[cc]

Some good news



https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/pfizer-and-moderna-covid-vaccines-may-provide-persistent-protection-study_3877571.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-29&mktids=925d161073736aba122448b27d0822e2&est=MpKc7YWc6yDF7ysCbVKS8K08DMrM8uTSof37j75YRvJd%2BqI0QM0M7fqAsQ%3D%3D">Pfizer and Moderna COVID Vaccines May Provide 'Persistent' Protection: Peer-reviewed study



The COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance both may provide lasting protection against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, researchers have said in a new study.



The peer-reviewed study, published on June 28 in Nature, found that the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines made by Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech team induced a "persistent" response within secondary lymphoid tissues, "enabling the generation of robust humoral immunity."



The effect was most pronounced in people who had been previously infected with the CCP virus, with the vaccines also found to produce high levels of neutralizing antibodies against three emerging variants of the virus.



The implication of the findings is that people who received the mRNA vaccines may be protected over the long term—for years or, potentially, for the rest of their lives.



The study didn't look into other COVID-19 vaccine technologies, such as Johnson & Johnson's, which, instead of mRNA, uses a modified adenovirus to deliver genetic information from the CCP virus to human cells to produce an immune response.



The study's lead author, Dr. Ali Ellebedy, an immunologist at Washington University in St. Louis, told The New York Times that he doesn't think the immune response would be as strong with non-mRNA-based vaccines.



It follows a separate study suggesting that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines—as well as the one produced by AstraZeneca—are broadly effective against the highly contagious Delta and Kappa strains of the virus.



While the Oxford University study, of which a peer-reviewed pre-proof has been published in Cell (pdf), found that both the convalescent and vaccine blood sera had a reduced ability to neutralize the Delta and Kappa variants as compared to "ancestral Wuhan related strains," there was "no evidence of widespread antibody escape" as seen with the Beta (B.1.351, formerly "South Africa") variant, "suggesting that the current generation of vaccines will provide protection against the B.1.617 lineage."



However, the researchers noted that the reduced ability of the vaccine and convalescent sera to neutralize the Gamma and Kappa variants "may lead to some breakthrough infections."



[Methinks you made a wise choice in going to mRNA for dose 2, Fash - The combination is thought to work very well]