Severe reinfection with South African SARS-CoV-2 variant 501Y.V2: A case report https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab129/6132402 Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, 10 February 2021…
US Storms Federal vaccination centres open Doses given, 55,792,000 Second dose, 15,192,000 (4.65%) Hospitalizations, 64,535 Past 7 days https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=sf_coronavirus New…
COVID-19 Human Challenge studies https://www.gov.uk/government/news/worlds-first-coronavirus-human-challenge-study-receives-ethics-approval-in-the-uk https://ukcovidchallenge.com/covid-19-volunteer-trials/ Specially convened Research Ethics Committee Convened by the HRA; it was not deemed by…
Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577 NEJM, (December 31st) A two-dose regimen of BNT162b2 conferred 94.8%…
Early Assessment of COVID-19 epidemiology and Vaccine/anti-viral Effectiveness (EAVE II) https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/6/e039097 https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MC_PC_19075 https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/eave-ii/key-outputs/scottish-vaccine-roll-out-working-data-suggests https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19107740.coronavirus-scotland-vaccination-linked-substantial-reduction-hospital-admissions/ Public health Scotland Dataset covering Scottish…
SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in the United States—Challenges and Opportunities JAMA, 17th February, 2021 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776739?utm_source=jamalive&utm_medium=social_jama&utm_campaign=product_marketing&utm_term=walensky0217&utm_content=manual_mb Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH1;…
Death is inevitable, but tragic if it could have been avoided US, CDC data 1918 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html 50 million worldwide US…
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides high levels of protection from the first dose https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-real-world-uk-data-shows-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-provides-high-levels-of-protection-from-the-first-dose https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3790399 BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine effectiveness in healthcare worker…