Covid-19 roundup: J&J files for emergency use authorization of its vaccine
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A study finds the Covid-19 vaccine developed in Russia is 92% effective, research indicates Eli Lilly s monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19 is ineffective against a coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa, and more.
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Thursday asked
FDA for an emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The move comes shortly after J&J last week released findings from a Phase III clinical trial demonstrating that just one dose of the vaccine candidate was 66% effective at preventing moderate and severe cases of the disease on an international scale, and 72% effective at doing so in the United States, specifically. According to the
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel answers parents’ questions on whether it’s safe to return to in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
An Illinois mother is feeling shocked and upset after she was denied a Moderna coronavirus vaccine by county health officials over concerns of lacking data for pregnant and breastfeeding women, according to a report.
Kate Raess, a clinical therapist and mother of two, did her research and consulted her doctor before heading into her vaccination appointment with the Kane County Health Department, the Chicago Tribune reported. After Raess sat down in the chair, she was denied the vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines are ‘ethically justified’ for pregnant, breastfeeding women, but shouldn’t be routinely offered
Commentary issued by the Canadian Medical Association Journal said a person s choice must be respected
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Medical experts are saying pregnant and breastfeeding women should not be routinely offered COVID-19 vaccines until more data is gathered, but the same experts are saying it is ethically justified to offer the vaccines to those who want it.
The recommendation is part of a commentary recently published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) and said vaccines can be considered in certain scenarios where the benefits are deemed to outweigh the risks.
I wondered if New England would repeat its earlier, and unique, stairstep pattern; now it has. Hospitalization is discretionary; they may also be reducing their admissions rate relative to cases we cannot see in this data! to preserve future capacity; or because hospitals have figured out how to send people home.
Politics
“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51
“They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Capitol Seizure
Better than Obama:
Biden: A lot of folks are losing hope … So I m going to act and I m going to act fast. I would like to be doing it with the support of Republicans … but they re just not willing to go as far as we have to go. pic.twitter.com/b1XSW5BgJU