A Call to Arms!

February 26, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / 2 Comments

FDA’s Vaccine & Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has voted unanimously (22-0) that benefits of Janssen’s single-dose #COVID19 #vaccine outweigh risks for ages 18y & up.

Per company, study in adolescents to open soon w/ younger children to follow.#regulatory pic.twitter.com/Uk78rQuQcN
— Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) February 26, 2021

The Latest in COVID-19 News: Week Ending 02.27.21 – NEJM Journal Watch

February 26, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / 1 Comment

Click on the link for the NEJM Journal Watch weekly update. One hell of a great week for SARS-CoV-2 articles.
https://www.jwatch.org/fw117559/2021/02/27/latest-covid-19-news-week-ending-feb-27-2021

Meanwhile at the NIH/NIC…

People who have had evidence of a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, appear to be well protected against being reinfected with the virus, at least for a few months, according to a newly published study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
NIH study finds that people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies may have a low risk of future infection – https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-finds-people-sars-cov-2-antibodies-may-have-low-risk-future-infection

Why Are COVID-19 Case Numbers Dropping? (we don’t know)

February 25, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / 5 Comments

Why Are COVID-19 Case Numbers Dropping? https://t.co/jpngk9dSWN
— Gary Lee (@SupremeCmdr) February 24, 2021

A few days ago I used the Bird Button to tweet a link to a JWatch article. Today I decided to embed my previous tweet to see what it looks like on the blog.

Embedment is an easy way to blog. Looks good too.

Take Out Tuesday is Everyday

February 23, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / 1 Comment

Dining in restaurants associated with more than double the risk of #COVID19, presumably due to inability to #WearAMask while eating. Get takeout or delivery. Tip as generously as you can. https://t.co/wsxiQco7hr
— Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) February 23, 2021

Meanwhile in the UK…

February 23, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / 3 Comments

Can't keep up with all this data: vaccines stop asymptomatic infection. Health care workers swabbed every 2 weeks ("fortnight") for asymptomatic screening after Pfizer vax. 1st dose 72% 2 doses 86% efficacy in reducing asymptomatic/symptomatic infection.https://t.co/NcFDb655sp
— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) February 23, 2021

I’ve been having a lot of fun since learning how to embed a Bird App Tweet into my posts.

Meanwhile More Israeli Data

February 21, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Vaccines shifted the age distribution of the new critically ill patients. Before the vaccination campaign, ~80% of the critically ill were above the age of 60, now ~54%

And now ~15% are under 40, compared to only 4% before the vaccines pic.twitter.com/ZIyY4zzoaQ
— Eran Segal (@segal_eran) February 21, 2021

Vaccines shift the age distribution of the critically ill from SARS-CoV-2 to younger ages in the preliminary data from Israel. This is no time to let your guard down. Stay safe and get vaccinated as soon as you can.

Meanwhile in Israel…

February 20, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / 6 Comments

Israel: It happened!

Our projection of a drop in the relative number of 60+ years old (first to vaccinate) out of all critically ill patients happened

It started ~10 days later than we first projected, and declined over 4 weeks and not 2, but it occurred and still declining https://t.co/s0tMFLG3dg pic.twitter.com/PCPvfIpRV0
— Eran Segal (@segal_eran) February 17, 2021

In Israel, people who are 60 years and older were prioritized to get the vaccine first. When we analyze that group, we see that since the peak in mid-January, there’s now a 55% reduction in cases, 40% reduction in hospitalizations, 35% reduction in critically ill patients, and also now even a 35% reduction in mortality in that age group.
‘The Impact of the Vaccine Has Been Tremendous’ Medscape – Feb 17, 2021. — https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945680#vp_2

The Latest in COVID-19 News: Week Ending 02.20.21 – NEJM Journal Watch

February 19, 2021 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Click on the link for the NEJM Journal Watch weekly update. The links this week are all good articles.
https://www.jwatch.org/fw117533/2021/02/20/latest-covid-19-news-week-ending-feb-20-2021

Meanwhile in India…