It's more complicated than that. Moderna at 100% is more effective than at 50%, but 50% is really, really good, and saves a ton of vaccine and packaging. Plus, one of Moderna's advantages has always been that it doesn't need the advanced refrigeration that Pfizer does, so was much better for places without those super-fridges, like rural areas; the 50% dose also lets them send out the booster in smaller packages for smaller areas.
Of course it’s not….it’s the far superior product in every way. Here’s the new t-shirt I ordered today
Of course it’s not….it’s the far superior product in every way. Here’s the new t-shirt I ordered today
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I'm a Moderna OG!You should see the chlorine coming off our pool. It barely allows breathing at all.
I’d like to see a Pfizer/Moderna “house divided” flag. Kinda like the collegiate rivalry ones. How many couples here would need one apart from my wife and I?Of course it’s not….it’s the far superior product in every way. Here’s the new t-shirt I ordered today
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I hope that gets approved soon, because according to this new research I'm due for my second dose in October.
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How do the J&J one and done folks get counted? My niece & her hubby live in PA and J&J was the first shot available to them, so that’s what they got.
My wife and I both got Moderna but the kids will both have Pfizer once they approve it for 11 year olds.
I was talking to 2 college friends last night and one works for Pfizer and the other JnJ. I was encouraging them to buy the Moderna shirt and wear it to work just to see how people reactedTeam J&J!
1 dose and we were done.
Gets better over time (at least at first)
It’s never in the news about waning protection.
Even if we need another jab after 6-8 months, that’s still only 2.
We’re a 3 brand vaccine household. Last of the initial doses next week.
. The guy who works for JnJ was talking about how big a mess that plant in Baltimore turned out to be. We forget the details from back then, but JnJ had a few stumbles out of the gate that if they were avoided could have put them closer to even with the other 2 for total people vaccinated.
They count as fully vaccinated after 1 shot so they never go into the 1 dose category.
I guess I’m confused about what “unblinded” means, as I thought it denotes finding out when you got the vaccine? The study she was in ensures that everyone got the vaccine, since there were several rounds of shots.
A J&J rep around here with structural heart is a Moderna recipient. His stories about the gate stumble and “shop talk” around what happened are fascinating. Not alarmist, just intriguing.My wife and I both got Moderna but the kids will both have Pfizer once they approve it for 11 year olds.
I was talking to 2 college friends last night and one works for Pfizer and the other JnJ. I was encouraging them to buy the Moderna shirt and wear it to work just to see how people reacted
Mine too but a real divided household is Bama'/Auburn football.
Acute renal failure is pretty common after shock, from sepsis or other causes, so this isn't surprising. If the patient survives, the kidney function usually recovers, although not always fully. It would be interesting to compare COVID-induced renal failure to those from other causes of spetic shock. If it is worse for COVID, it might be because of the prolonged duration of severe illness.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, doctors have found that people who become very ill with Covid-19 often experience kidney problems, not just the lung impairments that are the hallmark of the illness.
Now, a large study suggests that kidney issues can last for months after patients recover from the initial infection, and may lead to a serious lifelong reduction of kidney function in some patients.
The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, found that the sicker Covid patients were initially, the more likely they were to experience lingering kidney damage. But even people with less severe initial infections could be vulnerable.
“You see really, across the board, a higher risk of a bunch of important kidney-associated events,” said Dr. F. Perry Wilson, a nephrologist and associate professor of medicine at Yale, who was not involved in the study. “And what was particularly striking to me was that these persisted.”
Kidneys play a vital role in the body, clearing toxins and excess fluid from the blood, helping maintain a healthy blood pressure, and keeping a balance of electrolytes and other important substances. When the kidneys are not working properly or efficiently, fluids build up, leading to swelling, high blood pressure, weakened bones and other problems. The heart, lungs, central nervous system and immune system can become impaired. In end-stage kidney disease, dialysis or an organ transplant may become necessary. The condition can be fatal.
The new study, based on records of patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system, analyzed data from 89,216 people who tested positive for the coronavirus between March 1, 2020, and March 15, 2021, as well as data from 1,637,467 people who were not Covid patients.
Between one and six months after becoming infected, Covid survivors were about 35 percent more likely than non-Covid patients to have kidney damage or substantial declines in kidney function, said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of the research and development service at the V.A. St. Louis Health Care System and senior author of the study.
Thank you. I won't lie, I was scared doing it, but early on I saw how horrible it affected people. I've shared a story of my aunt and why I joined (short if you missed: getting that call at 11pm at night saying to just pray, because you cannot be there as they struggle sucks - she survived it but died 8 months later or her neuro degenerative disorder combined with Cerebral palsy. I never wanted another to live that though I never did see her in person her last year of life). But let's be real, the unknown is scary as all get out. Someone had to do it. I react well with most vaccines and being early 40s with zero comorbidities I figured what did I have to really lose?
No, unblinded means it finds out if you got the real deal or placebo. I only know people who did Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AZ-Oxford and J&J. But so far all followed an observer blind placebo controlled set up. Meaning only those administering the shot will verify what you got. Those getting the shot do not know what they are getting - placebo or real deal. Also those looking at the data do not know. They never mix and match. As in I didn't get 1 dose placebo and 1 real thing.
That's the hope... I'd say by spring given mandates by employers and such and natural immunity will drive things down.
I'd be curious to know if I have to get a booster, could I get Moderna or J&J? I originally had Pfizer.Of course it’s not….it’s the far superior product in every way. Here’s the new t-shirt I ordered today
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