Former US FDA Director: South African Variants of Novel Coronavirus May Override Antibody Drugs

CNBC reported on the 5th that Scott Gottlieb, former director of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said in an interview that the South African variant of the new coronavirus called “501.V2” is very concerning because it appears to invalidate certain countermeasures. medical. Especially antibody drugs. He said this means speeding up vaccination is more important than ever.

Gottlieb cited experimental evidence from Bloom’s lab that some of the antibodies and antibody drugs produced in the body after people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may not be effective against 501.V2.

The number of new diagnoses in South Africa and the UK is skyrocketing

The British Daily Mail reported on the 5th that Ian Jones, a virologist at the University of Reading, said in an interview that the vaccine almost certainly can still provide some degree of protection against virus variants in the UK and South Africa. Jones noted that even a partially effective vaccine can be helpful as long as it prevents severe COVID-19 symptoms.

According to Worldometer statistics, the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa averaged 15,187 in 7 days and 5 days in 5 days, a record, a 320% increase over the previous month.

The 7-day average number of recently confirmed COVID-19 cases in the UK was 55,945 cases in 5 days, a record, a 289% increase from the previous month.

Vaccine delivery in the US is slow and the number of hospitalizations for the new crown breaks the table

Statistics from the Covid Tracking Project show that the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the United States was 131,195 on the fifth day, a record, with an average of 126,316 on the seventh day, setting the highest record in history.

Statistics from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that from December 13, 2020 to January 5, 2021 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time, a total of of 17,020,575 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and the accumulated number of COVID-19 Agent) are 4,836,469 people.

Bloomberg reported that as of day 5, 15.14 out of 100 people in Israel had received the new crown vaccine, which was higher than 1.95 in the UK and 1.54 in the US.

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