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the government of my region has decide that instead of following normal vaccination procedures, they will spread the available vaccine (Pfizer) to just give 1 d
by PeterStuer 6y ago
the government of my region has decide that instead of following normal vaccination procedures, they will spread the available vaccine (Pfizer) to just give 1 dose to as many people as possible as opposed to the 2 required to be effective as per the clinical trials and the manufacturers advice. This decision is purely political, defying all biological evidence.
Seems to me this is the perfect scenario to evolve vaccine resistant variants.
- bluGill 6y agoProbably not. The second dose of the vaccine is more about ensuring that you are covered for a long time. So long as everyone gets the second dose in a few months we are fine. If we wipe out COVID there is no reason to give second doses at all.
- PeterStuer 6y agoWell, I hope you are right. "Pfizer said in a statement that there are "no data" to demonstrate that a single dose of its coronavirus vaccine will provide protection from infection after 21 days." https://www.axios.com/pfizer-single-dose-data-716702dd-324f-42b9-b88d-07df43ca198a.html https://www.axios.com/pfizer-single-dose-data-716702dd-324f-...
- bluGill 6y agoWe don't know how long protection lasts after the 21 days, but we have enough data from other vaccines to make educated guesses. I wouldn't go more then a couple months.
- PeterStuer 6y agoVaccine dosage and protocol are virus specific, and this Pfizer vaccine is completely unlike other human vaccines as it is a new class (mrna).