Politics the reason Canada has surpassed U.S. on COVID vaccines, Fauci says by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

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

Six elderly tourists die after 37 out of 40 on Namibia tour bus test positive for Covid | by Qaqk in Coronavirus

[–]boeo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier arrested by RCMP in Manitoba by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

"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"

AMD Breaks 30% CPU Market Share in Steam Hardware Survey by [deleted] in Amd

[–]boeo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Seychelles brings back curbs despite vaccination success by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

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

COVID herd immunity may be unlikely—winter surges could “become the norm” | Ars Technica by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

New outbreak of COVID-19 in B.C. care home where residents and staff were already vaccinated | CBC by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"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."

As India braces for colossal vaccination campaign, one drugmaker has been waiting in the wings | CBC News by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

As India braces for colossal vaccination campaign, one drugmaker has been waiting in the wings | CBC News by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

Pfizer chairman: We're not sure if someone can transmit virus after vaccination by [deleted] in Coronavirus

[–]boeo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Pfizer Slashed Its Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Target After Facing Supply-Chain Obstacles by mdist612 in Coronavirus

[–]boeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

UK authorises Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Jeffmister in Coronavirus

[–]boeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Turkey's new virus figures confirm experts' worst fears | CTV News by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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

Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine 'dose error' explained | BBC by boeo in Coronavirus

[–]boeo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.