They're very efficient there.Vaccine booked for tomorrow. Got really lucky with the dates. Tried this morning and they could only offer me Fridays at the end of the month. Not suitable for me so tried again this afternoon and gotnam appointment in acklam tomorrow morning.
Will I get a cup of tea?They're very efficient there.
No time! 4 minutes from arriving to leaving.Will I get a cup of tea?
Disappointed. The website said it was a 30-40 minute appointment, assumed that included refreshments and biscuits like you get a blood donors appointment.No time! 4 minutes from arriving to leaving.
neutralizing [antibody] titers remain relatively unchanged between 6 to 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, and [...] vaccination further boosts this activity by nearly 50-fold.
In the absence of vaccination, the number of RBD specific memory B cells present at 12 months was only 1.35-fold lower than the earlier timepoint (p= 0.027, Fig. 2b). In contrast and consistent with previous reports, convalescent individuals that received mRNA vaccines showed an average 8.6-fold increase. in the number of circulating RBD specific memory B cells.
An exploratory analysis involving sequenced cases of variants of concern or interest -- 38 in the placebo group and six in the vaccine group -- demonstrated a vaccine efficacy of 93.2%.
Listening to a researcher this morning, it isn't normal to measure patients' antibody response on admission with covid. The death rate of those with no antibody response is double that of those that have some antibody response. This seems to be an important marker that will presumably become a normal test in future.Another drug to add to the weaponry, confirmed by the U.K. based Recovery trial.
‘It found that the antibody therapy reduced by a fifth the 28-day mortality of people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 whose immune system had not mounted an antibody response’
‘The treatment also shortened the hospital stay of those who were seronegative and reduced their chances of needing a mechanical ventilator, Landray said.’
"This is the first time we've got one that's actually targeting the virus itself," Landray said, adding that it could be used along with the other treatments.
"It's not that you do one thing or another thing. These benefits are additive in these patients," he said.
Regeneron’s antibody therapy cuts deaths among some hospitalised COVID-19 patients -study
A COVID-19 antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (REGN.O) and Roche (ROG.S) reduced deaths in hospitalised patients whose own immune systems had failed to produce a response, a large British study found on Wednesday.www.reuters.com
Just started advertising it on TV here......
Let’s hope testing re Delta is effective and that it’s affordable and readily available, it could be a game changerAntiviral Nasal spray with impressive results -
Made-in-Israel anti-viral nasal spray found effective against COVID
Enovid, a spray developed in Canada by SaNOtize and manufactured in Israel has been found to reduce viral loads in confirmed COVID-19 cases by 95% in 24 hours and 99% in 72 hourswww.google.co.uk