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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by godelmachine on Monday October 26, 2020 @07:56AM (#24895142)
Is this not the one they will launch in India first?

Edit1: Just to throw in more info, Oxford plans to scale this up for mass production with Serum Institute of India and AstraZeneca.

Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by sanketskasar on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:13AM (#24895257)
It is the same. But you cannot expect a vaccine to work similarly in people of two different regions having major differences in their diet, climate and lifestyles. That's why many vaccine candidates are being tested in multiple countries( read potential markets). Also, I think the UK has preferential rights at least on the initial yield of the vaccine.
Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:13AM (#24895778)
> But you cannot expect a vaccine to work similarly in people of two different regions having major differences in their diet, climate and lifestyles.

Can you? Do you have any examples of successful vaccines that are only given in one region because they have been proven ineffective in a different region?

Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by bluGill on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @11:04AM (#24908080)
Cholesterol medication is given at lower doses to those with Asian background. Not a vaccine, and what is important is genetics not region.
Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by blackbear_ on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:48PM (#24898194)
This is very true and undeserving of the downvotes. A vaccine can work globally, but it is not at all guaranteed.

This is because the distribution of certain alleles, fundamental for the immune system, is heavily biased geographically [1].

[1]: http://pypop.org/popdata/

Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by threeseed on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:20AM (#24895310)
AstraZeneca is licensing the "recipe" for the vaccine to other countries so yield won't be an issue.

Australia is part of this group that will be manufacturing all the dosages locally and independently.

Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by geuis on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:48AM (#24896727)
I don’t think you understand how the biology of vaccines work.
Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by ksk on Monday October 26, 2020 @01:31PM (#24898698)
They are correct. Each country wants data showing that the vaccine works for their local population. These ideas are firmly based in Science.
Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by rtx on Monday October 26, 2020 @01:20PM (#24898578)
Vaccines do have different effect on different people.