11-30-2021, 09:14 PM
(11-29-2021, 01:30 PM)jeffster Wrote:(11-28-2021, 11:26 PM)tomh009 Wrote: No surprise at all -- and I fully expect that those two are not the only ones. I will say that I had not read that story before posting though! 😉
We'll have to see where this goes. I was watching some South African news yesterday, and their thinking that this variant might be more contagious than some other variants, but more mild when it comes to the illness.
Obviously it was take a month or two before we really have a good idea how this variant operates. Really 3 things to watch out for 1) how contagious it is, 2) how sick it makes you, and 3) how effective will the vaccine be.
My understanding too is that Astra Zeneca vaccine might have some advantages with this new variant. But that vaccine, along with Moderna, can't be given to everyone due to health risks.
We really don't know anything definite yet. Good to be cautious, not good to panic. We'll know more in a few weeks. mRNA can be retargeted and deployed in 100 days. Only Phase I studies needed to approve.