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Cons: you might be sick for a day. (Had very bad reactions to the shots and this one lasted 1 day - but I caught something else before/after...) Pros: seems to

Cons: you might be sick for a day. (Had very bad reactions to the shots and this one lasted 1 day - but I caught something else before/after...) Pros: seems to help against Omikron. And given the speed at which it spreads you don't have time to wait for updated shots or alike. JJ was particularly bad in not catching it, and even worse after 6 months. Get a booster or have a close to 100% chance to catch Omikron. Official communication is often skewed by availability. E.g. Germany didn't order enough BionTech but got plenty of Moderna so they announced that Moderna is way better. Just check the numbers and forget about anything else in the news. Numbers are like a weather forecast. Read it, prepare, put it aside.

toper-centage 5y ago
The lack of transparency since day one of the pandemic is, in my opinion, the main reason for so many people to be against all measures, including vaccination mandates. From making assertions about the virus before the science was out (science rarely ever speaks in certainty), to straight out lies. From science, to pharma, to state medical officers, to government, to media, we're stuck in a terrible game of phone.
- randomopining 5y ago
  What did they lie about? lol. Cherry-picking everything
fsh 5y ago
Could you cite exactly where "they announced that Moderna is way better"? All official sources I can find say that Moderna and BioNTech are "gleichwertig" (equivalent).
- treffer 5y ago
  E.g. "Das Vakzin von BioNTech sei der Mercedes und der von Moderna der Rolls-Royce, sagte Spahn." > https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/corona-booster-spahn-moderna-biontech-103.html https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/corona-booster-spahn-modern... This came out the moment that the deliveries of BionTech were low. Weekly estimates are available at > https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/fileadmin/Dateien/3_Downloads/C/Coronavirus/Impfstoff/Lieferprognosen_aller_Hersteller_2021.pdf https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/fileadmin/Dateie... The recommendations usually follow that curve. And given the current availability: good luck getting a BionTech shot. Related: I am pretty happy how open the underlying data is. Data quality is sometimes shit (hey RKI/Gesundheitsämter, looking at you) but overall the stuff is open.
  - treffer 5y ago
    Ah, and... KW49, 2021-12-06 until 2021-12-12 had originally 3M BionTech shots available, with KW50 blocked for kids. At the same time 10M Moderna shots were available, or 20M booster shots. 2 weeks earlier, when those order volumes became clear, Spahn advertises for Moderna. A few weeks later and we got an extra 3M BionTech shots. Official medical sources have been clear. But StiKo & politicians an thus media communication is skewed.

toper-centage 5y ago

The lack of transparency since day one of the pandemic is, in my opinion, the main reason for so many people to be against all measures, including vaccination mandates. From making assertions about the virus before the science was out (science rarely ever speaks in certainty), to straight out lies. From science, to pharma, to state medical officers, to government, to media, we're stuck in a terrible game of phone.

randomopining 5y ago
What did they lie about? lol. Cherry-picking everything

fsh 5y ago

Could you cite exactly where "they announced that Moderna is way better"? All official sources I can find say that Moderna and BioNTech are "gleichwertig" (equivalent).

treffer 5y ago
E.g. "Das Vakzin von BioNTech sei der Mercedes und der von Moderna der Rolls-Royce, sagte Spahn." > https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/corona-booster-spahn-moderna-biontech-103.html https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/corona-booster-spahn-modern... This came out the moment that the deliveries of BionTech were low. Weekly estimates are available at > https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/fileadmin/Dateien/3_Downloads/C/Coronavirus/Impfstoff/Lieferprognosen_aller_Hersteller_2021.pdf https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/fileadmin/Dateie... The recommendations usually follow that curve. And given the current availability: good luck getting a BionTech shot. Related: I am pretty happy how open the underlying data is. Data quality is sometimes shit (hey RKI/Gesundheitsämter, looking at you) but overall the stuff is open.
- treffer 5y ago
  Ah, and... KW49, 2021-12-06 until 2021-12-12 had originally 3M BionTech shots available, with KW50 blocked for kids. At the same time 10M Moderna shots were available, or 20M booster shots. 2 weeks earlier, when those order volumes became clear, Spahn advertises for Moderna. A few weeks later and we got an extra 3M BionTech shots. Official medical sources have been clear. But StiKo & politicians an thus media communication is skewed.