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On Monday, Pfizer announced that early analysis of the coronavirus vaccine it has been developing with BioNTech suggested the vaccine was a success. A promising development considering the pandemic has already killed roughly 1.3 million people.
Pfizer provided only sparse details from its clinical trial but said the vaccine was more than 90 percent effective in preventing the disease among volunteers who had no evidence of prior coronavirus infection. If the results hold up, that level of protection would put it on par with highly effective childhood vaccines for diseases such as measles. No serious safety concerns have been observed, the company said.
The good news prompted an avalanche of memes, celebrating the vaccine. Without wasting a second, Bored Panda selected some of the best ones to commemorate the occasion, so continue scrolling and enjoy.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., who is a general practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, said she is excited about the numbers. But she is also cautious. "We want to see the actual numbers, we want to see the real data on this. Right now, they have not reached the statistical significance needed for that vaccine," Gorfinkel told Bored Panda. "Also, they have not shared and been completely transparent so far with what the numbers are on side effects."
Another thing the doctor pointed out is that we still do not know how long the vaccine lasts. "That's a major issue with not just this product, but with all products, especially if it's being pushed through fast." Furthermore, what about the storage facility that the vaccine requires? Gorfinkel said almost no clinics have that. "We don't have the storage facilities to keep this vaccine at minus 70 degrees. It may work in a research setting. But I'm a vaccine researcher, and I don't even have that $15,000 refrigeration system."
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Gorfinkel stressed that we need systems that are telling us at all times who has received what vaccination, when and where it was given, and with what product. "Right now we lack centralized tracking systems. And this leads to vaccine wastage and an inability to divert vaccine supplies to where they're most needed," she explained.
A simple solution to this problem is barcoding. "Walmart's a great example. It has literally millions of products and over 400 stores in Canada. So there's no reason why this same technology is not applied to vaccines. Every Canadian should have a unique barcode that could be scanned right along with a barcode which is already existing on every vial of vaccine that we give."
"Instantly, those two little blips would automatically populate the patient's own electronic health record, local public health unit records, and also a provincial or territorial vaccine registry ... That the last record, the vaccine registry, would allow patients a private portal to see what vaccine was provided and when, and could also serve as a platform in which patients could be emailed about specific issues with a vaccine. That includes recalls, newly discovered side effects, the potential reminders for boosters, and how long-lasting the vaccine is discovered to be."
Clinicians could also gain access to the vaccine registry to see who has had what product and when, Gorginkel said, and ministries of health could be empowered to divert potentially limited supplies of vaccines to outbreaks.
"It's not just one vaccine. Ultimately, we're talking about probably a whole group of vaccines, each with its own unique safety and efficacy profile, each with its own unique vaccine schedule of how it needs to be given how frequently it's going to get really complicated," the doctor added. "These complex issues will arise and we need to have that information at our fingertips."
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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
Ah yes, being from the UK I can say I miss the old Reliant fields with the Scimitars standing proud and the Robins swaying in the breeze as the kittens gently rev in the trees
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troufaki13 4 years ago
In a way we all contributed, especially the covidiots who made it imperative that scientists found the cure so they worked double time to save us from ourselves
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M@rlow_the BLINK 2 years ago
What I do Is glare at people super hard and they back away and for the rest of the day I'm gloowwwinnng
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Ditto what @Soap said> THIS IS NOT A CURE IT IS A POSSIBLE PREVENTIVE/PALLIATIVE. THat IS IT. And that's if it works as promised (as a miracle)...
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troufaki13 4 years ago
I think that their next project should be a cure for stupidity, preferably in the form of tea
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Logan Cheng 4 years ago
As soon as I saw this, my mind flashes back to 6th grade, when everyone was like "what's hard and starts with a D? Dinosaurs!!!" (sigh)
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
"Of course they deny. Just like everyone is denying that I won the elections. But I won the elections, by a lot. A tremendous bigly lot and there's voter fraud all over the place, I know that because no one knows more about fraud than I do. "
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Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago
I'm going to order the Deluxe version that comes with the maps, lunchbox, bobbleheads and free DLC's for a year.
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CultOfBambi 4 years ago
We're laughing now - but this is exactly what will be called for when the Russian vaccine causes the zombie apocalypse.. ;)
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Hilary Mol 4 years ago
Somebody tell me what the rapidly spinning thing is. It looks like Speak & Spell and Simon Says had a toy child.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
And now you get a new job: Planning vaccinations for over 300 million people while having to deal with anti-vaxxers, identity-chip conspiracy theorists and 5G radiation fools. Good luck.
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giovanna 4 years ago
I know it's stupid to say, I know, but deep in my heart I hope there will be an anti vax movement against the covid vaccine, and that therefore there will be enough for my parents without them having to fight for it.
Katelyn 4 years ago
Aww that isnt horrible at all. ❤ we are all hoping that there will be enough for everyone expically the elderly, sick, and people with medical conditions like my brother.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I rarely agree with @JayLoren, but... Yeah. This is a disaster in the making. Pfizer hasn't released enough data for us to know (of course), but from inside the medical community, I can say this: We're not betting lives on this vaccine. If all else about it is perfect as claimed? It still has to be stored at -70*C. That is a freezer few facilities have, and outside maybe NYC/London-sized cities, hospitals won't be able to afford *one* such freezer, let alone *several*, to store required numbers of doses WHEN they are available (maybe 2022) for the average person. Memes aren't appropriate here. Suspicion and caution, yes. Peace, and please, WASH, MASK, DISTANCE. The VIRUS is not a hoax. Cure and vaccine claims... possibly are. Peace. Safety. And peace.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
A little skepticism is never wrong. Yes, there are some hurdles like the -70°C ( -94°F) transportation and storage temperature. But when given the choice between a 90% effective vaccine and totally nothing else, the choice is simple. Should we wait for a 100% effective vaccination when worldwide per day over 5000 people are dying? Desperate times call for desperate measures. No it isn't ideal, but at this moment it just will have to do.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
And to think that COVID-19 is only one of "An estimated 10 nonillion (10 to the 31st power) individual viruses exist on our planet—enough to assign one to every star in the universe 100 million times over." [Source: National Geographic] Only a tiny fraction of these are capable of passing from other animal species into humans (zoonotic transfer) but that still leaves a multitude of possibilities. We should never be complacent when it comes to new viruses and their potential to become and epidemic and ultimately a pandemic. Let's hope we have all learnt a lesson from our present predicament...
giovanna 4 years ago
I know it's stupid to say, I know, but deep in my heart I hope there will be an anti vax movement against the covid vaccine, and that therefore there will be enough for my parents without them having to fight for it.
Katelyn 4 years ago
Aww that isnt horrible at all. ❤ we are all hoping that there will be enough for everyone expically the elderly, sick, and people with medical conditions like my brother.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I rarely agree with @JayLoren, but... Yeah. This is a disaster in the making. Pfizer hasn't released enough data for us to know (of course), but from inside the medical community, I can say this: We're not betting lives on this vaccine. If all else about it is perfect as claimed? It still has to be stored at -70*C. That is a freezer few facilities have, and outside maybe NYC/London-sized cities, hospitals won't be able to afford *one* such freezer, let alone *several*, to store required numbers of doses WHEN they are available (maybe 2022) for the average person. Memes aren't appropriate here. Suspicion and caution, yes. Peace, and please, WASH, MASK, DISTANCE. The VIRUS is not a hoax. Cure and vaccine claims... possibly are. Peace. Safety. And peace.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
A little skepticism is never wrong. Yes, there are some hurdles like the -70°C ( -94°F) transportation and storage temperature. But when given the choice between a 90% effective vaccine and totally nothing else, the choice is simple. Should we wait for a 100% effective vaccination when worldwide per day over 5000 people are dying? Desperate times call for desperate measures. No it isn't ideal, but at this moment it just will have to do.
Load More Replies... Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
And to think that COVID-19 is only one of "An estimated 10 nonillion (10 to the 31st power) individual viruses exist on our planet—enough to assign one to every star in the universe 100 million times over." [Source: National Geographic] Only a tiny fraction of these are capable of passing from other animal species into humans (zoonotic transfer) but that still leaves a multitude of possibilities. We should never be complacent when it comes to new viruses and their potential to become and epidemic and ultimately a pandemic. Let's hope we have all learnt a lesson from our present predicament...
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