COVID Vaccines

Covaxin Is Safe With No Serious Side Effects, Says Leading Medical Journal

Covaxin, India’s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19, is “safe, immunogenic with no serious side effects”, says leading medical journal The Lancet in its interim efficacy analysis, says an article published in Economic Times.

Vaccine’s Phase 2 results

The Lancet – Infectious Diseases Journal, published phase 2 results of the vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.

However, the report made it clear that efficacy cannot be determined by phase 2 trials and this required further...

https://mfame.guru/covaxin-is-safe-with-no-serious-side-effects-says-leading-medical-journal/

4 Million J&J Vaccines Ships Out On March 1 For Americans

Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine began shipping out on the morning of March 1, and Americans should have got the single-dose shot within its next day or two, the company’s CEO said, says an article published in NBC News.

J&J CEO’s Messages

The vaccine is “on trucks as we’re talking,” Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said on NBC’s“TODAY” show on March 1.

“We’re shipping 4 million literally as we speak,” Gorsky said. “Within the next 24 to 48 hours, Americans should start receiving shots in...

https://mfame.guru/4-million-jj-vaccines-ships-out-on-march-1-for-americans/

World’s Richest Doctor Turning COVID Vaccines To Pills

  • The World’s richest doctor is converting covid vaccines into pills. 
  • Tasked with the conversion of the Oxford vaccine to pill format, Wayne Channon is ushering in the biggest change in this pandemic.
  • The thermally stable pills are created to withstand 50 degrees of temperature in the stomach. 
  • It is already under phase 1 trial with 65 people.
  • With the first phase of the trial just ended, it’s moving towards phase 2 & 3 trials with thousands of people.
  • If successful they are planning to...

https://mfame.guru/worlds-richest-doctor-turning-covid-vaccines-to-pills/

Covid Vaccines Are Safe To Use, Says MHRA

According to an article published in BBC, Covid vaccines being given to millions of people in the UK are extremely safe, with mild expected side-effects, says the country’s drugs regulator.

Safety Reports

It assessed safety reports from nearly seven million doses given up to 24 January – mostly with the Pfizer jab. Some 22,820 suspected reactions were reported. Almost all were mild, such as a sore arm or flu-like illness.

Meanwhile, new research shows the AstraZeneca jab protects well against...

https://mfame.guru/covid-vaccines-are-safe-to-use-says-mhra/

Pharma Distributors Talks with U.S. for Cut of COVID-19 Vaccine Shipping Deal

U.S. pharmaceutical distributors are talking to federal officials about increasing the number of companies shipping coronavirus vaccines as part of the Biden administration’s push to speed up inoculations, according to an industry executive and three people familiar with the matter, says an article published in Reuters.

Initial Phase of the Campaign

President Joe Biden has called the initial phase of the vaccination campaign a “dismal failure” and with vaccinations in the United States at around...

https://mfame.guru/pharma-distributors-talks-with-u-s-for-cut-of-covid-19-vaccine-shipping-deal/

Dose Confusion in Pfizer COVID Vaccine Vials

As the coronavirus vaccination has begun there’s a confusion regarding Pfizer’s vaccine doses, reports the Economic Times. 

The vaccine is supplied in vials and people are not sure whether it’s 5 or 6 doses of the vials that will complete the vaccination.

Meanwhile Pfizer has said its contracts specify the delivery of a certain number of vaccine doses and not vials.

What’s the confusion?

Pfizer has revised higher its production target for this year from 1.3 billion doses to 2 billion. While part...

https://mfame.guru/dose-confusion-in-pfizer-covid-vaccine-vials/

UK Imposes Travel Bans Over New Covid Variant

UK ban arrivals from South American countries and Portugal because of concerns over the new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus, reports Reuters.

Arrival ban

British transport minister Grant Shapps said, “A Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution.”

Brazilian variant more transmissible?

The Brazilian variant shares some characteristics with new variants first identified in Britain and South Africa. Scientists believe...

https://mfame.guru/uk-imposes-travel-bans-over-new-covid-variant/

Study Finds Previous COVID Infection Provides Same Immunity As Vaccines

  • A PHE study tracked cases of coronavirus reinfections among healthcare workers 
  • Just 44 people caught the virus again out of 6,614 previously infected people 
  • Of the 44 people, just 15 of them developed symptoms, study data reveals 
  • Experts say previous infection gives 94% protection against symptomatic reinfection and 83% reduced risk for all infections 
  • However this might not be effective for asymptomatic people

According to an article published in the Daily Mail UK, people previously...

https://mfame.guru/study-finds-previous-covid-infection-provides-same-immunity-as-vaccines/

How mRNA Technology Is Changing the Fight Against Diseases Like COVID 

The world is facing a dire situation of a pandemic disease now and the only remedy is mRNA technology which has given us crucial mRNA vaccines to treat covid. 

However, this isn’t the end of it. mRNA technology is the future of finding cures to cancer and other infectious diseases as it develops into a potential medicinal innovation tool but the world largely remains unaware of that and that’s what macroeconomist Maurits Kuypers from the University of Amsterdam has chronicled in an article...

https://mfame.guru/how-mrna-technology-is-changing-the-fight-against-diseases-like-covid/

No Herd Immunity in 2021 Despite COVID Vaccine Rollouts

In a major development, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) chief scientist has warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programmes to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year, reports the Economic Times. 

Critical To Control Outbreaks

At a media briefing on January 11, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said it was critical countries and their populations maintain strict social distancing and other outbreak control measures for the foreseeable future.

In...

https://mfame.guru/no-herd-immunity-in-2021-despite-covid-vaccine-rollouts/

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