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Generally, it is not in the reproductive interest to kill the host ( anthrax is an interesting exception). What gives a virus a reproductive advantage is keeping or increasing the length of time it can output virus from the host to infect others, and/or making the success rate of spreading...

Shame that cases are going up ( seems to begin the climb about the time I got it. Lol) But vaccinations going down. wish it was the inverse. Guess it is because many feel that covid will not harm them much or at all given their age, so why vaccinate.

Phase 3 trial was also 50/50 vaccine vs placebo. I think it was triple blinded. They did try to make sure on the phase 3 they balanced potential covid risk and comorbidities. ( Picture the results if all morbidly obese were in either the vaccinated or placebo group ). They tried to balance race...

They have been: https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-positive-initial-booster-data-against-sars-cov/

If it is like the original trial I would expect not. I know I was disappointed when they would not share my own antibody levels from my trial blood draws.

In my opinion, They are doing the booster trial in order to create the “science” on the value and safety of a booster . They may have used data from current trial and number of vaccinated who are getting covid in that trial as time has grown since vaccination and Israel as a reason to do the...

Be interesting how you feel… tomorrow.

If people are curious about what the CT value means in a PCT covid test here is an article. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90508 https://www.wvdl.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/WVDL.Info_.PCR_Ct_Values1.pdf I believe though there are studies whose results are that...

I read the thread and one of the linked papers (https://virological.org/t/viral-infection-and-transmission-in-a-large-well-traced-outbreak-caused-by-the-delta-sars-cov-2-variant/724) Interesting read. I can speculate more that I had delta in mid-June from some of the differences described in...

Wife is Moderna Phase 3 trial her second shot was mid October ( Literally halfway through our honeymoon). She did not get symptomatic covid while she took care of me. But she was not tested either. ( I kept the room I convalesced in at a negative pressure and the AC has a RGF remi-halo to...

I agree.

Pfizer second shot was September 25,2020. I am part of the Pfizer Phase 3 trial.

*cough* . They may have probable protection{64%•90% depending on the variant) but not almost perfect. Yes I still have a dry cough from my bout with moderate covid a month ago even though I was long ago vaccinated. 64% protection against delta is not near perfect.

An analysis of difficulties of doing a non lab covid mask study can be found here: It is generalized to highlight the issues in crafting studies. https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-021-05209-5

Ahh so they called about the delta booster trial? Not the regular booster trial?

So Pfizer is developing a delta variant booster. The current booster trial they are in the middle of is not that booster rather the original vaccine design. But they are working on a booster designed against the delta spike...

Funny thing the county emt whose ambulance took me to ER when I had a bad shortness of breath attack combined with falling average spo2 asked ne what was wrong. I told him I had trouble getting air , dropping avg spo2 and had covid. He said no reason then to take you to hospital because there...

Yes on that one I would be moderate as I was never put on oxygen.

You can.( but whether you get approval is a different question) Pfizer considered applying for EUA for adults earlier than their original number of covid cases(150 in 30000 subjects/ half placebo) As it was covid was common enough that they actually exceeded that number when they applied

Doing better other than dry cough. Pfizer has a sample from when I had covid ( They overnighted a swab for me when I could not find the swab they gave me in September) , so they can sequence it or do what they want with it. Hopefully it helps in the design of future boosters. I do not know for...