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    Default AZN announce their vaccine is 90% effective and can be stored in a normal fridge

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    Now this is extremely good news but you can guarantee that some miserable sods will piss and moan anyway. Salty, Croc o' Shit, Arsecheese are dead certs!

    Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine is up to 90 per cent effective at preventing infection, clinical trials show in a major boost to the Government which already has 4million doses ready to be administered as soon as the jab is approved and has ordered 100million in total.

    The vaccine is expected to cos just £2 a time and can be stored cheaply in a normal fridge, unlike other jabs made by Pfizer and Moderna that showed similarly promising results last week but need to be kept in ultra-cold temperatures using expensive equipment.

    Oxford's trials found that the jab has a nine in ten chance of working when administered as a half dose first and then a full dose a month later. Efficacy drops to 62 per cent when someone is given two full doses a month apart. Oxford scientists believe the smaller initial dose may gradually prime the immune system to produce a more potent response later down the line.

    More than 24,000 volunteers were involved in Oxford's phase three trials in the UK and Brazil, half of which were given the vaccine and the rest were given a fake jab. There were only 30 cases of Covid-19 in people given the vaccine compared to 101 in the placebo group. None of the participants who took the vaccine fell seriously ill.

    The result also showed lower levels of asymptomatic infection in the smaller dose group which 'means we might be able to halt the virus in its tracks,' according to Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group. He said today was 'a very exciting day' and claimed his team's jab would play a key part 'in getting the world back to normal'.

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock also hailed the results this morning, saying millions of doses will be ready to go by the end of December. He told the BBC: 'We hope to be able to start vaccinating next month. The bulk of the vaccine roll out programme will be in January, February, March. And we hope that sometime after Easter things will be able to start to get back to normal.'

    Oxford's jab is viewed as Britain's best chance of mass-inoculation of the population by the end of spring because Boris Johnson has ordered 100million doses, enough to vaccinate 50million people. The UK already has 4million ready to go as soon as the jab is approved, which could see 2million people inoculated before the end of 2020.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...effective.html
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    The vaccine is expected to cos just £2 a time and can be stored cheaply in a normal fridge, unlike other jabs made by Pfizer and Moderna that showed similarly promising results last week but need to be kept in ultra-cold temperatures using expensive equipment.

    Oxford's trials found that the jab has a nine in ten chance of working when administered as a half dose first and then a full dose a month later. Efficacy drops to 62 per cent when someone is given two full doses a month apart. Oxford scientists believe the smaller initial dose may gradually prime the immune system to produce a more potent response later down the line.

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    Where were these vaccines before the election lol?

    Dumb question, I know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Where were these vaccines before the election lol?

    Dumb question, I know.
    The AZN vaccine is without doubt the best, it is 90% effective and can be stored in domestic refrigeration. In addition it only costs about $3 compared to the Moderna and Pfizer ones that are over $20 each.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primavera View Post
    The AZN vaccine is without doubt the best, it is 90% effective and can be stored in domestic refrigeration. In addition it only costs about $3 compared to the Moderna and Pfizer ones that are over $20 each.
    They need to be made available before we go full-totalitarian.
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    Fantastic news.

    I wish people could take the holidays off from travel. It looks like millions are still taking the risk - we're almost at the finish line here....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    They need to be made available before we go full-totalitarian.
    It can go everywhere without eleborate measures like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55040635

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    Stop pumping stocks.

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    AZN will have 200 million vaccines doses by year end!

    https://m.economictimes.com/industry...w/79367253.cms

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