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Novavax And Vaccine Efficacy
American Council on Science and Health ^ | 02/02/21 | Chuck Dinerstein

Posted on 02/08/2021 2:45:22 PM PST by Pining_4_TX

Our first two vaccines have greater than 90% efficacy; Novavax reports 89.3%, Johnson and Johnson’s reports 66%. Should we care? What do those numbers mean to you and me when we worry about the protection the vaccine affords us?

Quick note, the data has only been provided as a press release; the FDA documents are pending.

Novavax is unlike the two current vaccines. It features a COVID-19 spike protein (the portion of the virus attaching to the cell) made by recombinant technology in insect cells. In contrast, the two mRNA vaccines use your cell's manufacturing system to make the spike protein. Novavax’s vaccine also involves an “adjuvant,” a molecule that enhances the immune response and is a common feature in other vaccines. Like the other two vaccines, it requires two doses, three weeks apart; but doesn’t need those supercold temperatures and cold chain logistics.

The phase 3 trial, conducted in the UK, involved 15,000 adults, of which 27% were over 65. There were 62 cases of PCR-proven COVID-19, 56 in the placebo group, 6 in the vaccinated – that is the source of the 89.3% efficacy. Sixty-one cases developed mild or moderate symptoms; only one in the placebo group was severe. What is more important to note is that patients had to have symptoms to be identified. We have no idea how many were asymptomatically infected. B.1.1.7, also known as the UK variant, was found in half of those PCR proven cases; while the vaccine was more effective against COVID-19, the original at 95%, the efficacy against the variant was 85%.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirusvaccine; comparison; corona; health; jandj; moderna; novavax; pfizer; sideeffects; vaccine
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OK, I get it. Many people have no interest in taking the vaccine. Some who are in high-risk groups want more information on the vaccines. This post is for them.
1 posted on 02/08/2021 2:45:22 PM PST by Pining_4_TX
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To: Pining_4_TX

Covid is a LIE, it is a HOAX, it is the FLU!!

This shot for the Covid flu is no vaccine people. There isn’t one.

What you are getting with the needles and the nasal swabs IS the virus itself. The micro encapsulation actually contains and then releases the virus once entering the bloodstream. If you have been tested or inoculated, YOU HAVE BEEN INFECTED.

Now, what the virus actually does. It’s RNA mods are basically designed to interfere with DNA strand and manipulate your immune system. Over the course of 36-60 MONTHS your immune system will MISFIRE and small things like simple colds will KILL you.

The mRNA COVID Vaccine Is Not a Vaccine

https://www.globalresearch.ca/mrna-covid-vaccine-not-vaccine/5734464


2 posted on 02/08/2021 2:53:49 PM PST by afchief
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To: Pining_4_TX

I am interested in a vaccine even if it just means the symptoms wont be as bad and I dont turn into a long hauler.

I am trying to keep from getting Covid until I feel like there is a safer version than what is out there right now.

Would still have to wait to see how people respond to this one


3 posted on 02/08/2021 3:04:31 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: afchief

Was your medical residency in infectious diseases?


4 posted on 02/08/2021 3:10:26 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: afchief
I'm happy to reject your reality and substitute my own.

The only things in your post that weren't wrong were the "ands and thes" and I have my doubts about those.

5 posted on 02/08/2021 3:13:05 PM PST by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: RummyChick

Depends on your age and health. I’ll take my chances at 80 (with several illnesses going on anyway) and forego the vaccine. It’s my body, my choice! I’ll be really careful if I do get it to not give it to others. If it’s my time, it’s my time. Heaven’s looking pretty darn good these days.


6 posted on 02/08/2021 3:13:53 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: from occupied ga

LOLOLOL. I laughed out loud at your post.


7 posted on 02/08/2021 3:16:59 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: Pining_4_TX
“Sixty-one cases developed mild or moderate symptoms; only one in the placebo group was severe.”

In other words, the sample size for severe cases is not sufficient to prove beyond randomness. The other vax’s were the same setup. Why would you get a shot for a sickness where ONE out of 15,000 got sick?
8 posted on 02/08/2021 3:20:06 PM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: afchief

60 months seems like a good waiting period for experimental vaccines


9 posted on 02/08/2021 4:15:10 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Agree!!


10 posted on 02/08/2021 4:17:19 PM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: afchief

Yeah, that’s wrong.

Really wrong.

I certainly had it, and I didn’t get sick after being tested. Nobody had stuck anything up my nose...

Also not “the flu” btw.

Otherwise, you’re also wrong.


11 posted on 02/08/2021 4:34:21 PM PST by Hugh the Scot
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To: Pining_4_TX

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12 posted on 02/08/2021 5:41:52 PM PST by sauropod (#ImpeachMcConnell. #Resist. #NotMyPresident.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
If it’s my time, it’s my time. Heaven’s looking pretty darn good these days.

Nobody is going to die one second sooner or one second later that God decides.

He decides when my time is up and how I’m going to go out. If it’s by COVID, there’s nothing to do to stop it. If it’s not, it won’t hurt me.

Until then, I’m invincible.

And you’re right. Times like these make heaven look better than ever.

13 posted on 02/08/2021 8:15:58 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: afchief

Mr. mm and I have been tested, he more than once, and neither of us got sick after it. Same for my son and d-i-l.

While I have my reservations about the long term effects of the vaccine, I disagree with your conclusions about the testing.


14 posted on 02/08/2021 8:18:43 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Screw vaccines. Go away !


15 posted on 02/08/2021 8:28:59 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Swamp express to communist hell !! )
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To: afchief

Check yourself into a hospital. No, not a general hospital. A mental hospital.


16 posted on 02/08/2021 8:34:57 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: from occupied ga

I got mine watching ER, House, and Ben Casey. has stood me well over the years. No kidding


17 posted on 02/09/2021 5:58:41 AM PST by cb
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To: steve86

Hey LYING Liberal..........PROVE ME WRONG!!!

The 2020 Seasonal Flu Has Dropped by 98% Worldwide as It Is Re-labeled Covid-19

https://needtoknow.news/2021/01/the-2020-seasonal-flu-has-dropped-by-98-worldwide-as-it-is-re-labeled-covid-19/


18 posted on 02/10/2021 12:36:45 AM PST by afchief
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To: from occupied ga

Bovine Fecalitis


19 posted on 02/10/2021 12:37:13 AM PST by afchief
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To: afchief

So your degrees was in BS? I can see that. I didn’t expect you to admit it.


20 posted on 02/10/2021 4:45:41 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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