Re:Half Doses of Moderna Vaccine Produce Neutralizing Antibo...
by newacct583 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @02:46PM
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There's absolutely no evidence that this is the case. Money can't buy things instantly, the vaccine ramp is progressing very well as it is, and if you want to claim that a giant check would somehow produce more shots in arms you need to make that case with data. There are only so many units of the nanolipid production equipment available, and only so many factories that can make more, and only so many engineers who know how to operate those factories.
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Re:Half Doses of Moderna Vaccine Produce Neutralizing Antibo...
by bluGill on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:41PM
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A gaint check could make a difference in the rate six months from now. Though with other vaccines in development that use different processes it is questionable if those would be shots in the arm vs shots made and discarded because we don't need them. Your guess is as good as mine as to which vaccines will work.
Re:Half Doses of Moderna Vaccine Produce Neutralizing Antibo...
by newacct583 on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:29AM
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> A gaint check could make a difference in the rate six months from now.
Six months from now, assuming no further ramp in vaccine production (which seems extremely conservative given that it reflects only Pfizer and Moderna production), the US will have fully vaccinated almost 60% of the population, which is likely close to a herd immunity threshold.
Increased production beyond that would be wasted money, as the pandemic will be controlled.