AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction

Re:AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to sus... by dehrmann on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:36AM (#24417174)

Something recent that's been under-reported. The US, the country pulling an accidental Sweden, has seen a 33% decline in new cases since mid-July. The narrative is still that the US has done worse than any other developed country, but look at Spain and France. Both have surpassed their ~April peaks, have per capita new infection rates above the US.

How's Sweden's new case rates? Stable, and 1/4 of the US's.

The list of countries that have been able to maintain their low case counts is getting shorter, and the US is looking less exceptional in its response.

"Listen to the epidemiologists" only works for a bit. It turns out psychology was just as important.

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Re:AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to sus... by vkou on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:28PM (#24424114)

France sent students back to school, and re-opened its universities, and allowed gatherings of 5,000 or more people, and did not require masks in public, or in workplaces, with predictable results.

Their response, and the results mirror that of the worst-performing US states.

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