Re:Half Doses of Moderna Vaccine Produce Neutralizing Antibo...
by mlyle on Sunday February 14, 2021 @08:22PM
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Oh, of course.
The vaccines have a higher side effect rate than we're used to, but they're orders of magnitude safer than the risk we have from being exposed to COVID, infected, and then having a bad outcome.
Some of this relates to the rush to market and the desire for very high efficacy even if we were somewhat surprised/incorrect on required neutralization titers. When COVID-19 is rarer, we likely will need safer vaccines against it, though. This may just be a question of turning down dosage a bit.
The vaccines have a higher side effect rate than we're used to, but they're orders of magnitude safer than the risk we have from being exposed to COVID, infected, and then having a bad outcome.
Some of this relates to the rush to market and the desire for very high efficacy even if we were somewhat surprised/incorrect on required neutralization titers. When COVID-19 is rarer, we likely will need safer vaccines against it, though. This may just be a question of turning down dosage a bit.