10 thoughts on “C-19 Chat Post – May 7 2021”

  1. Pfeizer has asked for full FDA approval. That would make it easier for schools etc to require vaccination

    1. I would like to see vaccinations required in most workplaces. This virus needs to be eradicated for good, if at all possible.

  2. Yes, full FDA approval makes a big difference legally in terms of what can be required. It’s hard to mandate a vaccine with only emergency use authorization. Different story with regular approval.

  3. The Swan Boats have returned to the Public Garden. Masks and social distancing required on board. 🙂

    I wouldn’t want to take a trip today or tomorrow though. Brrrrrr!

    1. My mom took my children every year. We read make way for the ducklings just before. I still see her sitting beside them on the boats 🙂

        1. Oh Joshua. I know my mom went in the early 1900s as a child which is why she always wanted to go with my children. This is so special. Thank you very much for sharing

  4. Indian doctor from New Jersey dies of Covid-19. See tweet below. He was fully vaccinated (Pfizer). Sad story and also a reminder that vaccines are not 100% preventive of death. The data we have on vaccine efficacy only pertain to the variants included in the trials, not some of the newer variants. I believe Pfizer and other vaccines will have some efficacy against newer variants. But, I think that efficacy is reduced, and perhaps by a lot. The variant circulating in India – B.1.617 – has a lot of unknowns attached to it. I believe it’s not only more transmissible (that’s obvious), but more lethal, impacts younger population as well as older, and may have vaccine-evading properties. Similar story applies to P.1, but for P.1 we have more data suggesting vaccines work to a large degree. https://twitter.com/DrJudyStone/status/1390767825799815174

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