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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by toomuchtodo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:47PM (#25937510)
Hey, this is awesome. Is there anyway to know which vaccine you’re getting scheduled for? For example, I’d rather get a Moderna vaccine than Pfizer due to the superior efficacy against strain variants.
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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by ekatzenstein on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:49PM (#25937526)
In Delaware, Walgreens does Moderna. Not sure if Walgreens uses only Moderna nationwide. There would likely be more info on their site.
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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by davidf560 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:18PM (#25937726)
They appear to be using Pfizer in at least some locations in Illinois, FWIW.
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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by maxerickson on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:59PM (#25937964)
Moderna vaccine than Pfizer due to the superior efficacy against strain variants

Is this known?

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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by toomuchtodo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:00PM (#25937981)
https://time.com/5933340/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-new-strain...
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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by maxerickson on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:04PM (#25937999)
That doesn't compare them.
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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by toomuchtodo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:44PM (#25938291)
It’s what I’m using to make my own personal decision, as I need to get a vaccine regardless.
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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by maxerickson on Thursday January 28, 2021 @06:54AM (#25940745)
Okay, but you should probably be more careful how you describe the information. For instance, you could state that you want the Moderna vaccine because of what they've said about effectiveness against emerging strains.

It's likely that the antibodies produced in response to the Pfizer vaccine have similar cross reactivity as the Moderna vaccine (because they cause production of the same spike protein, which is what the immune system reacts to).

And of course, Pfizer is also studying the situation:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-works-a...

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Re:Show HN: Open Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments by toomuchtodo on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:00AM (#25941806)
Noted.
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