Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by throwaway2245 on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:56PM (#25038262)

Same experience for Hep A vaccine. Got the first dose, then there was a global shortage when it was time to get the second dose - not available.

If there are 7 billion people and 1 billion doses in the next year, it's going to be awkward.

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by hervature on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:57PM (#25039146)

People are going to discover where they sit on the global privilege scale. 1.3 billion doses next year and 50 million this year. Let's call it 1.4 billion by the end of 2021. The USA + Canada will get half (USA gets 100M guaranteed and the option of an extra 500M). I assume Europe gets the other half based on the numbers I'm seeing that UK has ordered. Africa, Asia, and South America will probably not see meaningful levels of this vaccine until 2022.

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