COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States (16 July, as of 06:00 AM ET)

CDC ^ | 16 July 2021 | CDC

[BeauBo]

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update)

(New Cases, Hospitalizations and Death curves are all accelerating upward - Vaccinations slow/steady)

Administered: 336,604,158 (12,966,602 J&J)

People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 185,424,899

Fully Vaccinated: 160,686,378

[Paul R.]

Is the Noravax vaccine more effective than others? Don’t some people manage to argue the morals of Noravax too? Are adverse reactions (the rather few that actually turn out to be due to the vaccine) really less likely with Noravax? I guess I’m not quite sure I see what’s the point of the US purchasing 100M doses of Noravax, as we have quite a surplus of Pfizer, Moderna, and J & J.

Now, I’ll admit the above is a US-centric view. If we are going to send vaccine overseas to allies who are in a bad way, I could be ok with that.

[maddog55]

Agree... It’s definitely the propaganda wing of the left.

[ETCM]

Novavax seems to be more effective against the current dominant variant, Delta. Like the Pfizer, Moderna, J&J and AZ, there were no serious side effects in trials. That doesn’t mean there won’t be some rare side effects in certain populations.

Novavax did not use fetal tissue in the development or production of the vaccine, but HEK239 cells might have been used during some in vitro testing before trials.

https://lozierinstitute.org/update-covid-19-vaccine-candidates-and-abortion-derived-cell-lines/

As far as buying more vax than we need, Novavax was approved for 100M doses under OWS, and they just had to show safety and efficacy before getting paid and delivering. OWS included far more vax than needed because some efforts were bound to fail, as Merck and a few others did. Companies that failed, didn’t get paid. Better that we have more than we need than not enough. The third world is already complaining that it’s not fair we get vaccinated before them.

[mrsmith]

” ... this less virulent strain “
Well, it’s still early but it’s looking like Delta is just as bad.

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1415665138414194692
“Yes, Delta is as bad a killer as Alpha... But we don’t have to make it worse than it already is without adequate data and proof”
Huge effect of immunity, healthier victims and better treatments has apparently made it look less harmful unfortunately.
But, again, it’s still early.

[week 71]

Hopefully not, but the good news is that even if it is as bad, people under 70 have > 99.5% of survival IF they even get it. And according to above - almost 90% of the elderly are safe with the treatments that boast 95% effective rate. This should pass with much, much less death if narratives are consistent and correct. If not, well... I guess we will see in the next few months. cheers

[rfp1234]

More herd immunity will follow.

[BeauBo]

“Yes, Delta is as bad a killer as Alpha... Huge effect of immunity, healthier victims and better treatments has apparently made it look less harmful”

That what I have been thinking. The two mutations that make it different, are geared to making it significantly more transmissible and a bit more evasive of immunity.

There seems to be nothing that would make less deadly. In fact in India, with the whole demographic profile open to infection, and very few vaccinated, it was quite deadly.

I expect cases in the USA to go up a lot more than deaths, for the reasons you cited. That would be more like the UK, where cases rose twelvefold during the Delta wave, but deaths only doubled.

[mrsmith]

Darn shame. Earlier there was reason to think Delta was less harmful.
Now there isn’t.

[bagster]

Huge effect of immunity, healthier victims and better treatments has apparently made it (delta) look .

Don't worry, Mith, maybe you'll get lucky and tens of billions of people will drop dead. They're probly idiots anyway, amirite?

Madam, you are a sick f'k, rooting for a more dangerous virus and everybody sees it,. What's the matter with you? Were you dropped on your head in the wolf pack in which you were raised?