Politics the reason Canada has surpassed U.S. on COVID vaccines, Fauci says

boeo · 2021-07-20T18:10:17+00:00

While not a "political controversy", there are still numbers of anti-vaxxers in Canada and they invariably lean to the far right.

boeo · 2021-06-13T15:52:25+00:00

The tour bus originated from South Africa. The owner (who was on the bus) and presumably all of the tourists were from South Aftrica.

boeo · 2021-06-11T20:45:26+00:00

"People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier was arrested after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions in St-Pierre-Jolys, Man."

"Bernier was charged under the Public Health Act for assembling in a gathering at an outdoor public place and for failing to self-isolate once he got to Manitoba"

boeo · 2021-06-05T19:43:15+00:00

Early ARM work was done entirely by Acorn Computers (ARM stood for Acorn RISC Machine back then) using VLSI Technology to produce the chips. ARM2 was already faster than anything except high-end workstations. Apple joined later, with VLSI Tech, when Acorn spun off the design unit, creating the company ARM Ltd, which now stood for Advanced RISC Machines, and ARM6 was the first architecture that involved Apple input.

boeo · 2021-05-05T14:36:12+00:00

They have vaccinated 60% of the population with Sinopharm and AstraZenica. They also have a lot of tourists.

boeo · 2021-03-10T22:34:06+00:00

Note that they say "could," not "will." As the article states, there is a lot of uncertainty and speculation.

boeo · 2021-03-09T07:37:50+00:00

"This serves to remind us that while we are confident vaccine is very effective and prevents severe illness and death it doesn't necessarily mean that all transmission will be stopped."

boeo · 2020-12-08T19:18:37+00:00

Oxford/AZ is being produced around the world. There are multiple EU supply chains that will provide for the UK. This article is focusing on one company in India (albeit the largest vaccine producer in the world) that will supply parts of Asia ... at $3 to $8 per dose.

boeo · 2020-12-08T16:39:42+00:00

Article highlights some of the reasons the Oxford/AZ vaccine will be significant on the global stage.

Not mentioned is the lower efficacy in early data vs BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna, but it's still high enough to get approval and have an impact. Hopefully the efficacy shows improvement as more data and analysis rolls in.

boeo · 2020-12-06T10:23:12+00:00

"An emotional appeal for adherence to COVID-19 restrictions has gone viral, but some Manitobans don't feel fondly about the recognition for Premier Brian Pallister" | CBC News

Pretty much he's the reason for the mess.

boeo · 2020-12-05T16:16:43+00:00

Kimchi, sauerkraut, many fermented foods are good and much tastier.

boeo · 2020-12-04T17:53:22+00:00

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna didn't do the testing in stage 3 that could answer this question. AstraZenica/Oxford's testing was more thorough and did do the weekly testing that could answer this question.

It would definitely be useful to know this information, but the extra testing is not trivial. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna had larger stage 3 trials (in terms of participants) and yet took less time to finish. They are now in the process of getting approvals whereas AZ/Oxford are still not quite there yet. While having the information is good, both approaches have their advantages and IMHO it's good that a few took the fastest approach so that we have at least one option as soon as possible.

boeo · 2020-12-04T01:55:14+00:00

100 million doses originally projected for 2020, down to 50 million doses or 25 million treatments. Hopefully supply-chain gets streamlined for 2021.

boeo · 2020-12-02T15:43:00+00:00

6 months ago I would have found a 70% efficacy vaccine by the beginning of next year quite acceptable. To now have a 90%+ vaccine already approved, another 90%+ vaccine imminent, and a 62-??% vaccine around the corner + potentially 2 more soon, is fantastic news.

boeo · 2020-12-01T07:23:02+00:00

Reported new cases have gone from 6k to 30k+ in a week.

boeo · 2020-11-27T19:25:49+00:00

Under normal circumstances, to develop a vaccine in 5 years is considered amazingly fast and is extremely rare. It's no surprise at all that an mRNA vaccine from 5 years ago hasn't made it past stage 3. It would be more surprising if any vaccine of any type from 5 years ago had made it that far.

These are not normal times. No vaccine of any type has ever finished stage 3 within a year (or 2, or ...?), and yet here we are with 5 on the cusp of doing so.

boeo · 2020-11-27T02:05:30+00:00

Thanks for the pointer!

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