A top infectious disease expert said Sunday the US needs to rush giving out the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine before an anticipated “Category 5” hurricane-like surge in cases.
Michael Osterholm, who was an advisor to President Joe Biden’s transition team, said that even one dose could lessen the blow of a likely outbreak of infections driven by new, contagious strains of the virus.
“We still want to get two doses in everyone, but I think right now, in advance of this surge, we need to get as many one-doses in as many people over 65 as we possibly can, to reduce serious illness and death that is going to occur over the weeks ahead,” Osterholm told NBC anchor Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press.”
One dose of Moderna’s vaccine has proven to be 80 percent effective, while just one shot of Pfizer’s has an efficacy rate of 52 percent, the drugmakers said.
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“Urges single doses…” sounds like as opposed to double. Please change headline so that the people (myself among them) who only read headlines don’t get the wrong message. Should say “Urges AT LEAST single doses”
After Pesach Hatzalah took the reigns and saved thousands of people from being killed by the first wave of v, why isn’t Hatzalah saving thousands of lives from the second wave of v these days?
We need to do what has been proven in clinical trials to work. The only one dose vaccine is the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
Both Rabbi Scheiner Zt”l and Rabbi Twerski Zt”l had recently taken the vaccine and AFTERWARDS contracted the Coronavirus and were nifter very quickly r”l. This whole vaccine situation is very troubling. It is completely unproven and as we see, very dangerously misleading.
Funerals every single day in Israel shows the efficiency of these shots. I wonder how long this farce will go on for.