J&J vaccine

27 February 2021, 09:18 PM

QuirtEvans

J&J vaccine

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Originally posted by wtg:
Add to that the people who have actually had the virus. That could be a pretty big number.

Although that would involve some double-counting. I know at least one person who has both had COVID and has since had a vaccination. (Although she was advised not to get the second shot until her antibodies went down.)

27 February 2021, 09:53 PM

wtg

I was thinking in terms of the total number of people with some level of immunity, either naturally acquired or via vaccination. My gut feel is that we're really getting up there.

Of course we don't know how to define immunity and we don't know how long it lasts....

So I guess we really don't know very much at all.

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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

27 February 2021, 10:14 PM

Doug

While there’s definitely A number of people counted as both already infected and vaccinated, at least locally, I don’t think that’s a huge number.

At least locally, the overwhelming majority of the people vaccinated early are over 65 years old, and a very high percentage of the actual infections are under 40 years old.

28 February 2021, 12:15 AM

RealPlayer

My wife and I are over 70, and have had 2 shots of the Moderna vaccine.

Today we had the remarkable experience of going to a coffeehouse and eating and drinking INDOORS for the first time in about a year. What a thrill.

Of course we are still masked when not actively eating or drinking.

It just feels so good not to be locked down in the house.

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28 February 2021, 10:50 AM

QuirtEvans

quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
My wife and I are over 70, and have had 2 shots of the Moderna vaccine.

Today we had the remarkable experience of going to a coffeehouse and eating and drinking INDOORS for the first time in about a year. What a thrill.

Of course we are still masked when not actively eating or drinking.

It just feels so good not to be locked down in the house.

Amen to that. Once I get my second shot, it will feel good to able to do that. And it'll feel even better once Mary Anna is vaccinated and can join me.

And I'm with you on the masking.

28 February 2021, 11:15 AM

QuirtEvans

This is a fact that I like a lot:

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No one who got two doses in clinical trials for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines has been hospitalized or died, and the same holds true for the new vaccines from Johnson & Johnson, Oxford/AstraZeneca, and Novavax (which haven’t yet been approved in the US).

https://www.vox.com/22273502/c...neca-efficacy-deaths

28 February 2021, 07:38 PM

wtg

Sorry, NYT....article on when the US might reach herd immunity....

https://www.nytimes.com/intera...Links&pgtype=Article

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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier