Let's hope that the DR can get enough vaccines,
Including Pfizer and Moderna.
The mixing of vaccines with an RNA vaccine may give better protection.
The whole world will not be safe from covid, until populations are vaccinated.
The virus doesn't care about opinions or politics, it's just looking for a host.
Eventually people without a vaccination will get infected as the virus circulates throughout the world.
The individual question will be the severity of sickness.
Good luck with the "I won't get it" attitude.
Statistics explain why. About a third of the people who live in high-income countries like the U.S. are vaccinated, which means their citizens are hoping to soon return to something resembling normal life. On the other hand, only 0.2 percent of people have gotten the shots in low-income countries like India, which is now experiencing a horrific COVID-19 outbreak. This means that that the COVID-19 virus will continue to circulate for months, raising the chances that it will mutate into forms that render vaccines ineffective.
Is the Serum Institute in India your main vaccine supplier?
When the problem happened with India, we were counting on them for very large volumes for the poorest countries, because they have very good prices. When that stopped, that really challenged us. Right now we are 140 million doses short and next month it'll be 190 million doses short.
Intellectual property is not a major factor for vaccines. The really big factor is know-how—you need to transfer intellectual property, but you have to have the know-how to use it.
Seventy-percent of vaccine production is quality assurance and quality control. You have to show that every time you do the process [of making a vaccine] that it's exactly the same as the original vaccine that showed the results in the clinical trial.
The rise of variants has people worried. Has that affected your work?
It should have people worried. The more the virus is circulating unrestrained in large numbers of humans, the more variants we're going to see.
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Including Pfizer and Moderna.
The mixing of vaccines with an RNA vaccine may give better protection.
The whole world will not be safe from covid, until populations are vaccinated.
The virus doesn't care about opinions or politics, it's just looking for a host.
Eventually people without a vaccination will get infected as the virus circulates throughout the world.
The individual question will be the severity of sickness.
Good luck with the "I won't get it" attitude.
The U.S. Won't be Safe from COVID Until Poor Nations are Vaccinated
Although Americans tend to look inwards when it comes to foreign affairs, the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic may soon compel a change in outlook.Statistics explain why. About a third of the people who live in high-income countries like the U.S. are vaccinated, which means their citizens are hoping to soon return to something resembling normal life. On the other hand, only 0.2 percent of people have gotten the shots in low-income countries like India, which is now experiencing a horrific COVID-19 outbreak. This means that that the COVID-19 virus will continue to circulate for months, raising the chances that it will mutate into forms that render vaccines ineffective.
Is the Serum Institute in India your main vaccine supplier?
When the problem happened with India, we were counting on them for very large volumes for the poorest countries, because they have very good prices. When that stopped, that really challenged us. Right now we are 140 million doses short and next month it'll be 190 million doses short.
Intellectual property is not a major factor for vaccines. The really big factor is know-how—you need to transfer intellectual property, but you have to have the know-how to use it.
Seventy-percent of vaccine production is quality assurance and quality control. You have to show that every time you do the process [of making a vaccine] that it's exactly the same as the original vaccine that showed the results in the clinical trial.
The rise of variants has people worried. Has that affected your work?
It should have people worried. The more the virus is circulating unrestrained in large numbers of humans, the more variants we're going to see.
The U.S. Won't be Safe from COVID Until Poor Nations are Vaccinated
With variants and big outbreaks in India and elsewhere, the pandemic won't end until poor nations as well as rich ones are vaccinated.
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Why mixing vaccines could help boost immunity
New trials on mixing different types of vaccines are underway. Could vaccine combinations help stop variants from bypassing our immune systems?
Why mixing vaccines could help boost immunity
New trials on mixing different types of vaccines are underway. Could vaccine combinations help stop variants from bypassing our immune systems?
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