- Some coronavirus vaccine tests will be completed soon and the next few will be considered safe and effective for emergency use.
- Health officials from the World Health Organization and Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that the advent of the COVID-19 vaccine will not be enough to reduce the spread of the disease any time soon.
- Fausi says precautionary measures, including face masks, social distance and frequent handwashing, will need to be continued even after the vaccine arrives.
The FDA will hold an important coronavirus vaccine meeting in just a few weeks, at which point we will be able to find out more details about the progress of the experimental drugs that have reached the final stage of testing. Phase 3 trials are underway on vaccine candidates from AstraZeneca / Ox Xford, Pfizer / Bioentech, and Moderna, and some of them are expected to come to a conclusion in the coming months – one person in the U.S. The trial has been postponed after an unexpected side effect, although the U.K. The trial has already begun. Johnson and Johnson and Novavax vaccine candidates are also moving forward with promising results, the latter only reaching Phase 3, the only five potential Covid-19 vaccines out of the dozens of candidates announced so far. China and Russia have their own vaccines in the Phase 3 trial and both countries have started administering emergency vaccinations.
Vaccination remains a sensitive topic, as more and more polls show that Americans are increasingly reluctant to get it. Some are concerned about the safety of these drugs that have progressed at such an unusual pace, especially in light of the highly politicized nature of the vaccine conversation before the November election. A large percentage of the world’s population will have to be vaccinated to reduce the transmission rate of COVID-19. The logistics of vaccine production and deployment combined with vaccine resistance lead to something that seems hostile. The arrival of the vaccine will not signal the need to wear a face mask and will take other precautionary measures to prevent infection. It’s totally upside down, because Dr. Anthony Fausi and World Health Organization officials recently explained.
Fauki said Thursday that no coronavirus vaccine will be 100% effective, and it will not be taken by 100% of the population. The virus will continue to spread. An effective vaccine does not mean that people can stop wearing face masks and take other social measures such as social distance and regular hand washing.
“It won’t remove the need to be prudent and cautious about our public health measures,” Fawcett said during a Facebook live conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Associated Press. “I think if we could get a vaccine for 75 to 80% of the population, I think it would be a really good achievement,” Fossie said of the vaccine.
The doctor also addressed the CDC’s recent controversy over aerosol transmission. “There’s good enough data to say that aerosol transmissions happen,” Fawcett told Murphy. Instead of falling to the ground, the virus “spreads over time” in the air, caused by large drops of saliva.
WHO officials echoed those comments while addressing an imminent target of the COVID-19 epidemic on Friday. According to Covid Trekkers, the disease has lost one million victims by Monday. The WHO said the figure could double if countries did not work together to reduce the spread. It is not only vaccines that will prevent the spread of the disease, but also public health measures that can reduce the transmission.
“It’s certainly incredible, but it’s not impossible, because if we were to lose 1 million people in nine months and then in the next nine months we were to see the reality of getting vaccinated there, it’s a big task for everyone involved,” said a WHO health emergency program executive. The director, Dr. Mike Ryan, said during a news conference in Geneva. “The real question is: are we collectively ready to do what it takes to avoid this number?”
Like Fawcett, Rhea said vaccines have to be combined with everything else that can prevent infection, including facial masks.
“Now is the time to take action on every aspect of this strategic approach,” Ryan said. “Not just testing and traces, not just clinical care, not just social distance, not just hygiene, not just masks, not just vaccines. Do it all. And unless we do it all, [2 million deaths] Sadly and unfortunately very likely.
Maria van Kerkov, the WHO’s technical lead on the epidemic, warned that the number of cases in Europe was on the rise and that the flu season had not even begun. “We’re at the end of September, not even towards the end of September, and we haven’t even started our flu season yet,” he said. “What worries us is the possibility that these trends are going in the wrong direction.”
Senior Advisor to the WHO Director General, Dr. Bruce Alward made an issue that the final vaccine should not be. “We don’t know if we have the vaccine or not. It is a matter of whether or not we put in place the tools, approaches and knowledge we have been given today to save lives, rescue and prevent transmission. “If we start thinking about it as a function of the vaccine, people waiting for the vaccine will die unnecessarily and unacceptably. We should not wait. ”
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