Herd immunity

France grasps at herd immunity…

France grasps at herd immunity…

Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, July 21, 2021

France grasps at herd immunity as cases rocket

Minister of Health Olivier Véran made it very clear on Tuesday in the National Assembly that the country’s strategy is based on herd immunity.

Monaco records 24 new cases, more in hospital

Twenty-four Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, July 20. Thirteen were declared fully-recovered.

Bodies come together to strengthen financial controls

An agreement...

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New Variants & Vaccine Hesitancy To Hinder Herd Immunity, Study Finds

Australia is unlikely to achieve herd immunity with current levels of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and the higher infectiousness of new variants, reports the Guardian quoting a modelling from Melbourne medical research laboratory the Burnet Institute.

Public health initiatives to remain vital

The scenarios modelled by researchers assume a vaccine rollout speed of either 150,000 or 250,000 doses per week, and that on detection of the first case, symptomatic testing increases, isolation of positive...

https://mfame.guru/new-variants-vaccine-hesitancy-to-hinder-herd-immunity-study-finds/

US Vaccine Drive To Ease the Damage From the Impending Pandemic

The US may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 case surge, one expert says — but the mass vaccination of the most vulnerable Americans is likely to limit its human cost, reports CNN.

A potential fourth surge?

“I think we are going to see a surge in the number of infections,” emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen told CNN . “I think what helps this time though is that the most vulnerable — particularly nursing home residents, people who are older — are now vaccinated. And so we may prevent a spike in...

https://mfame.guru/us-vaccine-drive-to-ease-the-damage-from-the-impending-pandemic/

COVID Vaccines Could Be ‘Inept’ Against Variants, Says New Study

  • Pfizer’s and Moderna’s shots were at least 10 times less effective against variant in a new study.
  • Researchers tested the vaccines on a variant first found in South Africa, which is now in 20 states.
  • A mutation on the variant called E484K appeared to be a “major contributor,” the study authors said.

According to a lab study, COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech appear significantly less effective against the coronavirus variant first found in South Africa, reports Yahoo News.

Disru...

https://mfame.guru/covid-vaccines-could-be-inept-against-variants-says-new-study/

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/

Covid-19 Vaccine On Its Way To America

An article published in BBC news says first Americans to receive a Covid-19 vaccine could get it as soon as 11 December, according to the head of the US coronavirus vaccine programme.

The US has recorded more than 12m cases and 255,000 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Current Status of Covid-19 Vaccine

American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its partner BioNTech submitted an application on Friday. It is for emergency authorization in the US of their Covid-19...

https://mfame.guru/covid-19-vaccine-on-its-way-to-america/

Lancet Study Shows Second COVID Infection More Severe Than the First

  • Lancet study shows how covid reinfection can happen, casting doubts on the concept of herd immunity
  • The young man who had the infection within a span of 3 months had been treated for breathing problems and recovered.
  • Genetic studies show the man to have contracted Covid-19 on two separate occasions which are distinct from one another.
  • This makes natural immunity improbable and researchers advice to follow precautions irrespective of previous infections.

According to a Lancet study, a...

https://mfame.guru/lancet-study-shows-second-covid-infection-more-severe-than-first/

[Podcast] 27% of the World Population Against the Covid 19 Vaccine

  • Opposition to vaccines is almost as old as vaccines themselves.
  • Opposition to vaccines is a broad spectrum, from nervous parents to extreme conspiracy theorists.
  • Voices against vaccines are louder today than ever before, due to the power of social media and the rise of populist politics.
  • Vaccine experts Paul Offit and Heidi Larson feature on World Vs Virus podcast.

Anti-vax: how to counter the myths in time for a COVID vaccine – this week’s World Vs Virus podcast, writes Robin Pomeroy, the...

https://mfame.guru/podcast-27-of-the-world-population-against-the-covid-19-vaccine/

A Comprehensive COVID-19 Vaccine Plan

  • COVID-19 vaccines have shown promising results in the early stages of development.
  • Several vaccines have entered Phase III clinical trials to determine their efficacy and safety.
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could authorize a vaccine within six months.
  • The time between FDA authorization of a vaccine and availability can take many months.
  • 70 percent of the population must be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.
  • There is a need to accelerate the development of alternative vaccine...

https://mfame.guru/a-comprehensive-covid-19-vaccine-plan/

The Worst Case Scenario Tackling of COVID19 – Herd Immunity!

Herd immunity

There’s a thing called herd immunity which is always a fallback option when you are dealing with a new pathogen. You see our immunity comes from memory, that is, the ability of the immune system to remember previous infection pathogens and blocking that accordingly. Now, for a new virus, nobody has got it so the virus has a faster infection rate and it doesn’t stop unless a substantial number of people have immunity, a memory of it. The Senior Biomedicine Editor of MIT Technology Review, Anton...

http://mfame.guru/the-worst-case-scenario-tackling-of-covid19-herd-immunity/

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