Hospital Slang
Actually, I rather suspect that doctors are just getting smarter about what they write on charts. The surgeons I know are as crass as ever.
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Antibody titers to rule them all
I was looking through the FDA briefing document for the upcoming advisory committee meeting on the Pfizer 3rd dose booster shots for their COMIRNATY vaccine [previously known as BNT162b2]. I found it a little lighter on data than I expected, with the primary focus on antibody levels in the blood
CDC Data on Vaccine Effectiveness in New York State
Yesterday, the CDC published New COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Among Adults, by Vaccination Status — New York, May 3–July 25, 2021.
The authors of this CDC study did what I suggested the authors of the Mayo-nference pre-print should have done. The CDC authors look at all the data for NY,
Breakthrough cases and the delta variant
I’ve had some discussions with people about the utility of vaccines against the variants of COVID-19. In general, my advice has been: mRNA vaccines will probably continue to provide the greatest protection, inactivated virus ones the least. I haven’t yet seen anything to alter that general advice.
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