I was reading about how they are considering giving only one shot of the vaccine which they conjecture would be 80% effective in order to cover more people and stop the spread and worry about getting in the second shot after 3 months. Given that the UK variant is here, this may prevent spread and unnecessary deaths. While I agree in theory, there hasn't been any testing that this would be an effective option. 2020 has to end on a bizarre and perplexed note.
@Anonymous I keep seeing this and i am perplexed why they all still have NO idea as to the answer to this q. feels like someone should have some idea - clearly quite an important point.
So now we have the vaccine, but we don't have the supply chain, we're gambling on whether one dose is effective even in the short term, and we don't know if it stops the spread. Sure we will be back to normal by October. Not.
hot take - i think a lot of people will start traveling to get vaccinated in countries where it is going faster. I think at this rate of approval and rollout, US gen pop maybe october. in Europe gen pop more like march.
@Anonymous UK is mixing different vaccines for the second shot, which the CDC advises against. Its not an easy decision without any trial data. I would not want to do this. Was hoping that this year would be saner.
IDK, but I heard on nightly news the other night that at the rate that we're vaccinating, it will take 10 years to get everyone.
I heard that too, but I think it's a media scare tactic. Clearly the plan is to ramp up.
My money is on May/June.
I was reading about how they are considering giving only one shot of the vaccine which they conjecture would be 80% effective in order to cover more people and stop the spread and worry about getting in the second shot after 3 months. Given that the UK variant is here, this may prevent spread and unnecessary deaths. While I agree in theory, there hasn't been any testing that this would be an effective option. 2020 has to end on a bizarre and perplexed note.
@Anonymous I keep seeing this and i am perplexed why they all still have NO idea as to the answer to this q. feels like someone should have some idea - clearly quite an important point.
So now we have the vaccine, but we don't have the supply chain, we're gambling on whether one dose is effective even in the short term, and we don't know if it stops the spread. Sure we will be back to normal by October. Not.
hot take - i think a lot of people will start traveling to get vaccinated in countries where it is going faster. I think at this rate of approval and rollout, US gen pop maybe october. in Europe gen pop more like march.
@Anonymous +1 uk citizen and am assuming that is what we will do.
I bet you're right.
@Anonymous UK is mixing different vaccines for the second shot, which the CDC advises against. Its not an easy decision without any trial data. I would not want to do this. Was hoping that this year would be saner.
What?!
I think September/October sounds realistic.