COVID Vaccine

Medically Necessary: FDA way behind on facility inspections

This is an excerpt from the March 4, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

FDA way behind on facility inspections

The problem: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration largely stopped conducting surveillance inspections — periodic evaluations of manufacturing...

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225 Crore Deal for Seafarers Vaccinations & Training 

  • 6 pacts signed for seafarers’ assistance
  • The primary objective is to aid the vaccine seafarers and improve their training. 
  • Seafarers to get free of cost skill development training in World Maritime University.
  • Deceased seamen’s kin can get educational assistance. 
  • Financial aid of medical assistance to be provided to the seafarers and families

Seafarers in India are up for a major surprise as the primary seafarers union in the country has signed a 225 Crore vaccine deal with regulators,...

https://mfame.guru/225-crore-deal-for-seafarers-vaccinations-training/

COVID Vaccinations Reduce Hospitalisation Risk

  • Covid vaccinations are reducing hospitalization risk amongst people.
  • The effectiveness is substantial on the vulnerable group of those above 80
  • The reduction is seen from the 4th week of vaccination. 
  • The reduction was 85% for Pfizer and 94% for AstraZeneca covid vaccines. 

According to a Scottish Study, vaccination drive appears to be markedly reducing the risk of hospitalization for COVID-19, suggesting that both the Pfizer-BioNtech and Oxford-AstraZeneca shots are highly effective in...

https://mfame.guru/covid-vaccinations-reduce-hospitalisation-risk/

UN Calls for G20 COVID Task Force After 10 Nations Hoard 75% Vaccines

  • The UN calls out an uneven and unfair vaccination plan where 75% of vaccines are used by 10 Nations.
  • 130 countries haven’t received a single dose yet while the rich hoard.
  • The UN Secretary General has called for a global taskforce to ensure equal access. 
  • G20 taskforce has been proposed while G7 has been asked to mobilise finances.
  • Several countries react by pledging vaccine support, enhanced manufacturing and a call to end vaccine Nationalism.
  • Russia thinks vaccine equality is beyond the...

https://mfame.guru/un-calls-for-g20-covid-task-force-after-10-nations-hoard-75-vaccines/

Wild weather grips most of the country — Midday Market Update

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The Southern Plains are preparing for a second wave of winter weather as millions of people from Missouri to Southern Texas are experiencing rolling blackouts from the first storm. Interstates have been closed due to freezing rain and inches of snow while Texas struggles to keep up with electricity demand during its coldest snap in decades. 

A second winter storm is forecast to roll through the same region in the next two days, dropping more snow and ice and keeping temperatures dangerously low,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wild-weather-grips-most-of-the-country-midday-market-update

Are The Rumours Of Fertility Issues By Pfizer Vaccine True?

According to an article published in BBC, Claims on social media that the Covid vaccine could affect female fertility are unfounded, experts have said.

Reply to Media Posts

Posts have incorrectly suggested the Pfizer vaccine could cause infertility in women, or cause their bodies to attack the placenta.

But there is no “plausible biological mechanism” by which the vaccine could affect your fertility, says Prof Lucy Chappell, a professor in obstetrics at King’s College London and spokesperson...

https://mfame.guru/are-the-rumours-of-fertility-issues-by-pfizer-vaccine-true/

The Daily Dash: Turning truck stops into vaccination centers

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, a Tennessee lawmaker is looking into the possibility of making COVID-19 vaccines available at a major truck stop operator. Plus, trucking regulations could be changing under the Biden administration, and trucking employment fell in January but questions remain as to why.

Should truck stops become vaccination clinics?

A Tennessee lawmaker said he would look into the potential for making vaccines...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-turning-truck-stops-into-vaccination-centers

Fauci Underlines the Need for ‘New Variants’ Ready COVID Vaccines

The US has entered a crucial phase in the pandemic where cases are mounting despite vaccinations.

  • Fauci has highlighted Johnson & Johnson vaccine data to stress on the adaptability of new vaccines.
  • Manufacturers and researchers are working to make vaccines adapt to emerging variants.
  • Meanwhile the US lags in sequencing New Variants which is being ramped up by collaboration.
  • At present the experts has suggested treating each case as a new variant.
  • The US covid figures this month is higher than...

https://mfame.guru/fauci-underlines-the-need-for-new-variants-ready-covid-vaccines/

The Daily Dash: Landstar sees 2H cooling; regulating driver detention

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, executives at Landstar System see a strong truckload market through midyear, but a cooling could happen in the second half of the year. Plus, at least one consultant believes the Biden administration will take a look at regulating driver detention, and Werner has sold its freight forwarding business.  

End of the run

Strength in truckload demand has held up through the first few weeks of 2021,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-landstar-sees-2h-cooling-regulating-driver-detention

Love’s joins companies incentivizing workers to get COVID vaccine

Editor’s Note: Updates 5th paragraph with Pilot Company statement

The Love’s Family of Companies is paying a $75 bonus to its 28,000 employees to get the COVID vaccine. The truck stop operators joins businesses offering paid time off to allow workers in close contact with customers to get inoculated.

Oklahoma City-based Love’s operates more than 500 truck stops and travel plazas in 41 states. They are deemed essential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic because they serve truck drivers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loves-joins-companies-incentivizing-workers-to-get-covid-vaccine

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