State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Info
Press release from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH):
Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the most recent statistics on COVID-19 and updates on the state’s pandemic response. The most up to date data is available on the state’s COVID-19 data dashboard.
Statewide COVID-19 Data
Rates of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are highest among unvaccinated individuals and lowest among boosted individuals. This is true for all age groups. See additional data for unvaccinated and vaccinated cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Vaccinations
- 83,568,756 total vaccines administered.
- 72.4% of the population has been vaccinated with a primary series.
- 81,611 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).
Cases
- California has 10,449,008 confirmed cases to date.
- Today’s average case count is 2,456 (average daily case count over 7 days).
- During August 2022, unvaccinated people were 2.7 times more likely to get COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.
Testing
- The testing positivity rate is 4.1% (average rate over 7 days).
Hospitalizations
- There are 1,674 hospitalizations statewide.
- There are 192 ICU patients statewide.
- During August 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.0 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.
Deaths
- There have been 96,068 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
- COVID-19 claims the lives of 15 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
- During August 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES
Update to Data Modeling Tool
California’s data modeling COVID-19 assessment tool, CalCAT has evolved from the “California COVID Assessment Tool” to the “California Communicable Diseases Assessment Tool.” In addition to forecasts for COVID-19, the website now also displays short-term forecasts and longer-term scenario modeling for influenza.
In line with the state’s SMARTER Plan, the expansion of CalCAT will help CDPH track and address additional disease outbreaks beyond COVID-19.
Slow the Spread: Get Vaccinated and Boosted for COVID-19
The risk for COVID-19 exposure and infection continues as a number of Californians remain unvaccinated and unboosted.
Real-world evidence continues to show that the vaccine prevents severe illness, hospitalization, and death. Public health officials urge Californians to get vaccinated and boosted as soon as they are eligible.
It is recommended that every individual six months of age and older receive their primary COVID-19 vaccine series and booster dose, if eligible.
Find a vaccine near you by visiting myturn.ca.gov or calling 1-833-422-4255. The consent of a parent or legal guardian may be needed for those under age 18 to receive a vaccination. Visit Vaccinate All 58 to learn more about the safe and effective vaccines available for all Californians six months of age and older.
If you have COVID-19 symptoms, talk to a health care provider right away to learn if you qualify for treatment. You can also find Test to Treat locations that offer COVID-19 testing and free treatment. If you are uninsured, find free Test to Treat services at OptumServe sites.
Your Actions Save Lives
Protect yourself, family, friends and community by following these prevention measures:
- Wear A Mask: California’s mask guidance aligns with CDC COVID-19 Community Levels. Know your community level to evaluate risk and inform your decision on when to mask. Local jurisdictions may have additional requirements beyond the state requirements based on local conditions.
- Upgrade Your Mask: Good fit and filtration continue to be the best way to get the most out of your mask. The best masks for preventing COVID-19 include the N95, KN95 and KF94. If you don’t have access to one of these masks, wear a surgical mask or a surgical mask with a cloth mask on top. If you choose a fabric mask, opt for one with three or more cloth layers. No matter what kind of mask you wear, check the fit by avoiding gaps above the nose or on the sides.
- My Vaccine Record is an easy way to show vaccination status at venues or businesses that require proof of vaccination. Visit myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov today to get your vaccine record.
- Know What to Do if You’re Sick or Have Been Exposed: If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle or body aches), get tested, call your health care provider, and follow isolation guidance. Free, confidential testing is available statewide. Know what to do if you test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to COVID-19.
- Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
- Travel Tips: Do not travel if you are sick or have tested positive for COVID-19. Delay travel (both domestic and international) until you are fully vaccinated. See the CDC’s full travel guidance.
- Add Your Phone to the Fight: Sign up for COVID-19 exposure notifications from CA Notify. Also, individuals who test positive for COVID-19 – including those who test at home – are able to alert others of a potential exposure more quickly and conveniently. Individuals can now initiate the notification process as soon as they are aware of their positive test result. For more information, please visit the “Notify Others” page on CA Notify.
- Answer the call or text if a contact tracer from the CA COVID Team or your local health department tries to connect.
- Sign-Up for COVID-19 Policy Alerts: COVID-19 Policy Alerts provide up-to-date information regarding CDPH COVID-19 guidance and policy, including changes to orders, mandatory guidance and more. Registrants will receive prompt email alerts to updated guidance and policy available on our website as well as accompanying translations. Sign-up for the COVID-19 Policy Alerts emails today.
- Check with your local health department about local conditions. Local health jurisdictions can implement protocols that are stricter than state guidance.
Tracking COVID-19 in California
- Data and Tools – Models and dashboards for researchers, scientists, and the public
- COVID-19 Age, Race & Ethnicity Data – Weekly updated Age, Race & Ethnicity data
- Health Equity Dashboard – See how COVID-19 highlights existing inequities in health
- Tracking Variants – Data on the variants California is currently monitoring
- Safe Schools for All Hub – Information about safe in-person instruction
- COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance – Monitoring the virus that causes COVID-19
Recommendations for a Healthy 2022-23 School Year
- The Safe Schools for All Hub consolidates key resources and information related to COVID-19 and schools.
- Learn more about the COVID-19 mitigation strategies to keep students, staff, and communities safe in the 2022-23 K-12 Schools Guidance.
- Get more information on changes to COVID-19 testing strategies for the 2022-23 school year in the 2022-23 K-12 Schools Testing Framework.
- The CDPH Testing Taskforce School Testing team has released a 2022-2023 K-12 Schools Testing Framework Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Health Care Workers
- As of October 18, local health departments have reported 182,234 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 595 deaths statewide.
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- As of October 11, there have been 1,025 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) reported statewide. MIS-C is a rare inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that can damage multiple organ systems. MIS-C can require hospitalization and be life threatening.
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Biden said 100% will be protected from serious outcome if you get vaccinated and use paxlovid if you catch it. Meanwhile the referendum election on Biden policies is 11 days away.
Biden blew how much on 171 million new boosters?
Only 20 million have been administered so far…???
$4.94 billion…
That means we have an 88.3% unused new booster surplus worth $4,362,222,222.40, most of which might just all go to waste…
That was pretty damn foolhardy or corrupt, and we don’t need someone so foolish blowing our tax dollars like there is no tomorrow.
Biden also blew $1.8 billion on 3.2 million doses of Novavax ($562.50 each)…
Only 6,278 had been administered at last count…
That means that over 99.8% were purchased unnecessarily at last count.
That means Biden wasted $1,796,468,625.00 as of the last count.
He spent $1.8 billion, to cover only $3.53 million worth of vaccines administered at last count.
We only got 1.1 % of our money’s worth, at last count, and we can thank Biden’s fiscal ability for that…
That’s dismal…
Biden purchased the new Bivalent Boosters for $28.89 each.
Why on Earth would he have spent $562.50 each, on the Novavax vaccines?
That’s 19.47 times as much per dose!!!
Because Biden is such a shrewd negotiator?
Real fucking smart!!!
That positively reeks of graft !!!
Now politicians want to investigate who mandated lockdowns and vaccines. Crack me up, who voted these idiots in office? Who are these high IQ people that have been voting for the last 50 years? This government is a disaster, thank you voters.
Yep. The delusional part is that Fauci is denying any responsibility for influencing those decisions, like the mandated lockdowns, vaccines, and the school closures, and the consequences of all of them…
Yet…
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/fauci-and-walensky-double-down-on-failure-covid-pandemic
“Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the president, recently said there should have been “much, much more stringent restrictions” early in the pandemic.”
Check this out…
It’s finally happened…
Vaccinated hospitalizations now outnumber unvaccinated hospitalizations, 14 day rolling average, 12+…
It’s from today, from San Diego County, as it is the most current information to be found…
Unvaccinated hospitalizations:
0.99 per 100,000.
Vaccinated hospitalizations 1.03 per 100,000.
As of October 1st, 2022
And also for COVID-19 deaths…
Unvaccinated deaths:
.39 per 1,000,000.
Vaccinated deaths:
.65 per 1,000,000.
In San Diego County, vaccinated covid-19 deaths now outnumber unvaccinated Covid-19 deaths by 67%.
5 vaccinated deaths, for every 3 unvaccinated deaths, and that is from almost 4 weeks ago…
Boosted deaths are 17% higher than fully vaccinated deaths.
.35 vs .30
Consider this, as younger and younger individuals become eligible for the vaccines and boosters…
And fewer and fewer of the elderly are getting the additional boosters…
That effectively has been actually improving the fully vaccinated vaccinated, and the vaccinated and boosted outcomes…
Boosted hospitalizations are 58% higher than fully vaccinated hospitalizations.
.63 vs .40
Have you ever wondered why you choose to celebrate statistics that confirm your belief and dismiss those that contradict it?
Thank you TGIA.
I appreciate you checking both sides as any good referee should.
My reply was originally to a Grey fox comment that is now deleted.
Guest has been fixated on these statistics for a long time now, if I recall correctly it all stems back to frustration with the stare public health department continuing to state one thing about incidence rates related to vaccine status while their own published data demonstrated another.
I haven’t been paying attention for a while because I think he made his point and he finds value in repeating that point beyond its usefulness to me. I haven’t seen him dismiss any relevant data that doesn’t fit his narrative, but that’s not hard considering that his current narrative is focused on the lack of data coming from the state coincident with the data trends shifting against their official statements.
I will be curious to see when the state updates their data what it says and whether their recommendations or commentary will change
In San Diego Co. 2,637,181 have received their primary series.
95% of the 65 and up have received their primary series.
76.8% of the 65 and up have received one booster.
Guess who is most likely to have break thru infections…
Can to share the statistics on ages of those hospitalized and deaths. Contributing factors?
If I find a county that shows different statistics does that mean this is happening all over the US?
Here is the statistics from Washington State current to Oct 2 that clearly shows the vaccinated doing better than the unvaccinated in all categories.
So that proves the vaccines are effective. See how that works?
https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/421-010-CasesInNotFullyVaccinated.pdf
Washington State…
PS:
Did you factor this in with the SD stats?’
“ Omicron subvariants are resistant to key antibody treatments, putting people with weak immune systems at risk of Covid.”
Getting tired of repeating so just linking- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-compare-covid-deaths-for-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-people/
I have posted that article twice myself. It’s like talking to a brick wall with some of these people.
I’m not the one that is confusing base rates with incident rates.
That would be you.
I am posting incident rates.
Don’t confuse them with base rates.
That would be your mistake, not mine.
Pass the word, so that other people people are not fooled by your misunderstanding.
Your link describes the base rate fallacy.
Apparently, you are trying to accuse me, in error, of making that mistake…
But you have it backwards, and you have actually fallen victim to what I will describe as the “incident rate fallacy”.
You are taking the incident rates that I have presented, and are trying to discredit them by claiming, in error, that the numbers that I am using are the base rates.
You and your friends are discrediting only yourselves.
Don’t confuse incident rates with base rates. That is what you are doing.
That shows lees of an understanding than confusing base rates with incident rates.
It leads to confusing others. Good luck straightening them out now that they are parroting your links with the same misunderstanding that they have been misled to believe.
??I mean, some people can actually post this kind of untrue statement with a straight face…?♂️
“The vaccines prevented people from getting Covid-19.”
Ummm… NOPE!
SMH
?♂️
Millions got the vaccines and did not catch Covid.
I am proof of that…
And some of those vaccinated got Covid and really did not notice because it presented such mild symptoms.
And some of those that got all those shots that never got COVID, not because of the shots they got, but because they were never even exposed.
And they will never know for sure.
And some of those that remained unvaccinated never got COVID because they weren’t exposed.
And they will know for sure that it wasn’t the vaccines that kept them from covid illness.
Just because someone got vaccinated up to 5 times, and didn’t get Covid due to non exposure, doesn’t mean that any or all of those shots prevented Covid illness.
That’s just effing ridiculous.
And the vaccines never prevented someone, or anyone from “catching”Covid.
It was only ever possible for the vaccines to reduce COVID symptoms, after you did “catch” it.
If you didn’t “catch” Covid, the vaccines anybody took, never did them even a tiny bit of good!
But don’t even try to tell them that, or they will mess themselves…
Perhaps many that haven’t caught covid have pre existing natural immunity and the vaccine didn’t make a damn difference one way or another
The only mess is all the BS the anti/vaxxers try to spread..
You cant be sure of that because of the virus being Asymptomatic, and possibly the vaccine could have caused this.
From the link which you seem to be avoiding.
It is also important to consider the ages of those who are dying. People 65 and older make up the group that is both the most likely to be vaccinated (and boosted) and the most likely to die of COVID. (Being older is one of the biggest risk factors for severe COVID because the immune system weakens with age.) So when you separate the age groups, it becomes even clearer that vaccination reduces the risk of death. And because immune protection from vaccination wanes with time, and because some older people do not mount a good immune response to the primary series, being boosted reduces that risk even further.
An additional factor to consider is that as the pandemic wears on and a disproportionate number of unvaccinated people die from COVID, the unvaccinated population shrinks. This leaves a comparatively larger vaccinated group, leading to an increase in total deaths despite the lower death rate among vaccinated people. No vaccine is 100 percent effective.
So many things. to factor in..Contributing factors.
Obesity, diabetes, heart conditions.
“It’s finally happened…”? You have been announcing that for over a year. That means you have been wrong for a long time.
Actually nothing has happened other than he found county statistics that fit his agenda.
And he is among the group always calling into question these county and state statistics.
Link please.
50/50 base rates have now become 50/50 incident rates in San Diego County, 12 +
Why lie? Can’t sell your side with the truth?
Lie is the newest Democrat catchphrase, having given up on nazi, racist, global warming, global cooling, Latinx, Russian disinformation, etc, etc, etc. Facts seem to escape democrats, so much so, that they are now going down in a ball of flames. I love it. Keep going with them catch words. The next one you should use is sore losers. Bwahahahah.
If you’re going to make statements like that, you need to link to the actual comment. There’s way too much Telephone Game on the internet to believe these sort of comments.
Yep..
And they’re killing them off faster too: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/life-expectancy-us-conservative-liberal-states
Let’s Go Republicans!
So if your daily Average is 15 a day are dying from Covid 19 in the state of Ca. on the average, and you have 172 a day dying a from heart disease in the state of Ca.?
How many of the 15 had heart problems?
Heart disease is a large category that contains a number of subcategories:
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Heart Arrhythmias.
Heart Failure.
Heart Valve Disease.
Pericardial Disease.
Cardiomyopathy (Heart Muscle Disease)
Congenital Heart Disease
COVID-19 is one of many coronaviruses that can cause death. It is not a broad category–it is a very narrow category. It’s like saying that I’ve won multiple trophies for martial arts and comparing me to Bruce Lee—my category is older women in Humboldt County and Chan was an international artist competing with the top martial artists in the world. Comparing COVID-19 to heart disease is not a reasonable comparison.
“The virus remained among the state’s leading causes of death in July, trailing heart disease, cancer, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease but outpacing diabetes, accidental death, and a host of other debilitating diseases.” https://californiahealthline.org/multimedia/covid-still-kills-but-the-demographics-of-its-victims-are-shifting/
I understand your point, but for the life of me I don’t understand your analogy. Are you heart disease and Bruce lee is covid or is it the other way around?
Hey…hey…are you saying I have to make sense? What fun is that?
You’re the captain of this ship.
Sometimes you just have to let the stream of consciousness flow and whether you convince or confuse the other person it’s like you got two birds stoned at the same time. And that’s better than finding a hand in a bush.
“Died with covid” covers just about every category, crack me up. Got heart disease licked on that one.
I’m pretty exhausted with having this same discussion. I’ll just leave these two links here that anyone genuinely interested in whether there is likely an overcount or undercount of COVID deaths can look at. And this one quote.
“When people suggest that we are misrepresenting the losses and deaths from COVID, not only does it disrespect our hard work as health care providers,” she says. “It also disrespects the families who have lost loved ones.” https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-are-covid-19-deaths-counted-it-s-complicated
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-are-covid-19-deaths-counted-and-what-does-this-mean#Time-will-tell
I’m also exhausted……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw9Ci2PZKZg
how bout them vaxxed vs. unvaxxed?
if your not “fully vaccinated” or 28 days after your last shot…..you get put in unvaxxed category.
If you die 27 days after your first second injection you are an unvaxxed death.
how does that skew the numbers Kym?
If they would have tracked the flu 5 years ago will such determination, we would have been here 5 years ago. It’s kind of like your article on the scotia gross polluter death machine power plant. It’s been there 40 years and now someone does some research and we’re in a panic over something that has been going on for decades. Odds are if a person reached their golden years , they didn’t just die one day, they died of a flu related death.
There is a difference between a letter to the editor which is clearly described as such in the header and an article which is fact checked by a reporter…I’m sorry you are having trouble discerning that.
And, for most people concerned with facts, you stating your opinion about COVID deaths does not equate to the statistics and studies cited by the two articles on respected sites.
Thanks for your reply .I appreciate and understand what your saying as far as heart disease being under the umbrella of all the categories of CVDs .I’m just using what the CDC stats as far as Covid 19 being the third leading cause of death, and Cardiovascular, and Cancer being the top two throughout the United States .Regardless of how one looks at the stats, Covid19 is a highly infectious disease that anyone could get ,and as for the others, the majority of them are not infectious ,but more or less lifestyle choices and hereditary.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status?country=~50%2B
US data from September 3, 2022, almost 8 weeks ago…
Vaccinated deaths were already over 51% of unvaccinated deaths…
And look at the trajectory…
Unvaccinated deaths have dropped 5.16 in just 6 weeks…
They were at 5.46 8 weeks ago…
Most recent us data available, but it is not even being provided by the US…
PS: They start at the 50 and up age group.. Why did you not use the the 50 thru 64 age group? Different story there. Or use the 65 and up graph?
And they don’t even show an eligible population graph, just the elderly.
If you are trying to show the vaccines are ineffective you are failing badly..
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-updated-boosters-compared-to-original-vaccine/
“The White House’s top COVID-19 official says he still expects the protection against the Omicron BA.5 variant offered by the new COVID vaccine boosters will be better than their predecessors, despite two studies that appear to question that assumption. In an interview with CBS News, Dr. Ashish Jha also said he does not think another imminent change to the COVID boosters will be needed.”
“Jha’s comments come after researchers found, in two smaller groups of volunteers, data suggesting that the updated boosters provide only similar but not superior antibody boosts against BA.5, compared to the original vaccine formula.”
” “I do think that the protection against infection is going to be better than if you were getting the original prototype booster,” Jha told CBS News.”
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Jha is an idiot.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/09/06/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-88/
Birds of a feather, flock together.
Jha is an idiot.
Jha says:
“I really believe this is why God gave us two arms — one for the flu shot and the other one for the COVID shot.”
What is not idiotic about that?
Jha says:
“If you don’t think you need it because you are healthy, do it for your grandmother, do it for your vulnerable uncle or for your friend.”
The vaccines and boosters do not stop transmission.
Jha is obviously an idiot.
The Whitehouse apparently has bats in it’s bellfry…
The link, for whatever reason, strives to make that clear as well…
Apparently they are trying to establish that as fact…???
Although I am unclear as to why they would want to represent that as fact.
Bats in their bellfry…!!!???
As a matter of fact…???
Jha is a case and point.
??SMDH ?♂️?♂️
Don’t believe me?
Click the link, and expand the Whitehouse logo.
Positively batty.
Biden’s Whitehouse has bats in it’s belfry.
“Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said early human studies indicate that the omicron boosters are as good or better than the old shots. “
Bigger studies are coming..
They’ve done it again…!!!
https://time.com/6225643/lab-made-covid-19-virus-controversy/
‘A New Lab-Made COVID-19 Virus Puts Gain-of-Function Research Under the Microscope’
On October 14, a team of scientists at Boston University released a pre-print study reporting that they had created a version of SARS-CoV-2 combining two features of different, existing strains that boosted its virulence and transmissibility. Scientists and the public raised questions about the work, which refocused attention on such experiments, and prompted the U.S. government to investigate whether the research followed protocols for these kinds of studies.”
“The concerns surround what is known as gain-of-function studies, in which viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens are created in the lab—either intentionally or unintentionally—that possess more virulent and disease-causing features than is found in nature. The controversy is especially fraught in the context of COVID-19, as questions about where the virus originated—whether it jumped from animals to people or whether it was created in the Wuhan Virology Institute by scientists studying earlier coronaviruses—remain unresolved.”
More BS,, That story has been refuted numerous times on here. You keep trying to push the same stories over and over and they still don’t hold up. Is your memory going bad?
The strain was not worse than the original.
All protocols were followed.
This is simple more sensationalism.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/S2211-1247(22)01191-3.pdf
This is another lab creation of omicron that was conducted by the fda and funded by the nih . The research was conducted on several animals, including a pangolin. I can’t find the funding date, but the research was turned in on February 13, 2022.
Here is the pdf version
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124722011913#bib27
Sorry, it was received February 7, 2022
Here is the proof:
The Wuhan/Omicron chimera virus they created is a whole lot deadlier of a virus than Omicron.
It’s misleading to suggest only that it is not worse than the “original”, when it is worse than the Omicron, and the new chimera is quite possibly more dangerous overall, if the multiply increased infectivity of Omicron is factored in to the equation.
That’s a no brainer.
Covid is so over. The person promoting this shit on here is just doing it to get a rise out of y’all and keep the news going.
Try not to feed into this garbage. Nobody is saving the world here on this site. It’s literally destroying us in every way. More confrontation about a poison
Referendum on Biden policies just 11 days from now then we’ll all expect and welcome transparent oversight of those policies and non-partisan justice
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And we kill Nazis, right?
The Dems idea of “protecting democracy” is a single party system like Ukraine, Russia, and China – they always win because political competition is outlawed or harassed to oblivion. Is that the America we want, an effective dictatorship?
Being anti-anti-fa, makes you pro-fascist essentially.
Aw. The Original Socialist-Liberal symbol! Showing your real colors today, are you?
Or are you going to present those colors to Gavin Newsom and President Biden* to show your solidarity?
Another of the old engineered COVID strains might be over, but that just means they will release another one.
I said a long time ago that they didn’t just create one engineered virus.
They have them pre-made at the ready…
The latest advertised is
the Wuhan/Omicron chimera, 80% deadlier than the omicron strain it was fused with.
End times
Senate report today says covid origin is Wuhan lab engineered leak. Will Fauci admit his project killed millions?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-most-likely-leaked-from-lab-in-china-senate-gop-report-says-11666905063
Wuhan lab was admittedly doing covid gain of function research and the first human cases of our covid 19 are reported within a few hundred yards yet some defy all commonsense and claim a coincidental one in ten billion pangolin transmission right next to lab. What do they say, the most obvious answer is usually the correct answer?
Yes. That is Occam’s razor.
“WASHINGTON—The Covid-19 pandemic that has killed millions worldwide “was most likely the result of a research-related incident” in China, and not natural transmission of a virus from animal to human, a new report by Republicans on the Senate health committee concludes.”
“The study cites details about the early spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes Covid; the fact that no animal host has been identified nearly three years into the pandemic; and troubled biosafety procedures at labs in the Chinese city of Wuhan to buttress its conclusion.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/covid-19-pandemic-likely-originated-chinese-lab-leak-senate-republican-report-finds
BS:
Michael Worobey, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona who has co-authored scientific reports examining data from the early days of the pandemic that provide some of the strongest support for a jump from animals to humans, speculates that the timing of the report’s release could be “a cynical effort to try to win Republican votes” in the upcoming midterm congressional and state elections. Or, Worobey says, “it could just be a bunch of staffers with no ability to understand the science who stumbled across a bunch of misinformation and disinformation-filled tweets.”
“These comments are either intentionally misleading or the result of honest misunderstandings, perhaps due to a failure to read our papers, which address these issues in great detail,” Worobey wrote. (Two of his most closely scrutinized papers were recently published by Science.)
No direct evidence has surfaced that WIV had a version of SARS-CoV-2 in its lab or did such genetic engineering,
You should research the person you are using as evidence.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-virus-hunting-nonprofit-at-the-center-of-the-lab-leak-controversy/amp
He is paid by fauci
.
Yea I would delete it too.. It was BS the first time and would have been BS the second time.
LOL!
“Republican Senate staff tout lab-leak theory of the pandemic’s origin.”
Republican Senate staff wrote the report. They have about as much credibility on the issue as you and Guest..
A US Senate report supporting the theory that the Wuhan flu came from the lab in Wuhan is just as credible as the Congressional Jan 6th investigation, right?
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/ema-panel-lists-heavy-menstrual-bleeding-side-effect-moderna-pfizer-shots-2022-10-28/
LOL…
Should the Squirrel be worried?
Haven’t we known this? It sure took The ema panel a long time(years) before they “recommend” adding as a side effect.
More from the fda study on lab created omicron that was conducted last year
What is also intriguing about the Boston University created wuhan/omicron fused chimera virus, is the claim that the research was approved in 2020, but omicron didn’t even “emerge” until 2021…
Exactly, these studies take time to fund and complete, and then write a research paper about
Kym- there should a rule (another one, with) that screenshots can not be used when a link to the article giving the information is available. All it means is to get through the cherry picked misinformation, a lot time must be wasted tracking the source down only to find it has no such meaning as the commenter says.
I did link it above in a reply to grey fox
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/S2211-1247(22)01191-3.pdf
I thought the graphs would be relevant to people who don’t go to the link I provided
True. Sorry for ire about the issue. There’s just so much slogging that I want to do. Could you make reference to the link already there when a screen shot is used? It was in another line that I did not read.
Yes, I will from now on, and I understand your frustration. No worries
Thank you. ALA? As linked above?
You’re welcome, yes ALA
If you go to the pdf version and click on “show more”near the top, you will see the dates and that the fda conducted the research.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124722011913#bib27
Although you disingenuous use of screen shots to avoid the complication that your source doesn’t support your ideas, this one is pretty easy. Any systemic inflammation, whether from the vaccine or the infection, can cause heavier periods. Luckily for the vaccinated the phenomenon is short lived and the return to normal almost immediate. That is not true for the longer lasting inflammation caused by being unvaccinated and catching covid.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/long-covid-and-periods-the-unspoken-impact-on-female-well-being
“COVID-19 origin as a lab leak supported by US Senate report.”
Fauci gonna fry…
Anybody else see the glaring contradiction here?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/28/fda-says-two-studies-showing-omicron-boosters-werent-much-better-than-old-shots-were-too-small-to-come-to-any-conclusions.html
‘FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions’
And then….
KEY POINTS:
“Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said early human studies indicate that the omicron boosters are as good or better than the old shots.”
He added…
“It is important to note that even the data from these initial small studies indicate that the bivalent vaccines are generally at least as good or better as the original vaccines in generating an immune response, particularly to BA.4/BA.5 and other newer variants,” Marks said in a statement.”
What your failing to realize is that the FDA did not say
“ ‘FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions”
The headline said that not the FDA.
What was said by the FDA director was this:
“ Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said the studies are small and subject to limitations. Data from larger well-controlled studies are expected in the near future, he said.
Even a blindfolded person could see that. ?
Chief Twit dismisses senior staff at Twitter and assures advertisers that the “Bird is Free” as he walks into Twitter headquarters with a sink.
Odds are President Donald J Trump’s first Tweet will be “Miss me?”
I hope so, I know you miss him
Make America great again
redstate.com/bonchie/2022/10/28/fired-twitter-employees-execute-the-greatest-troll-of-the-news-media-ive-ever-seen-n650602
Trump says he’s sticking to Truth. 6 of 10 Americans don’t want to see either Biden or Trump on the 2024 ballot, Squirrel included.
Pelosi hammer wielding “attacker” was in his underwear when police arrived, lives in Berkeley at what neighbors call a “hippie collective”, makes hemp jewelry, is an illegal Canadian Immigrant, and a nudist. This doesn’t sound like Biden’s average “MEGA MAGA” activist implied by leftist media. is there any evidence of forced entry, i mean a door or window, by the lunatic? What’s the backstory here?
He had been watching to much Fox News…
CNN) The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.
Yep “out of touch with reality” That pretty much describes the average Fox News watcher.
“Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said early human studies indicate that the omicron boosters are as good or better than the old shots.”
Yet… On the contrary…
“FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions”…!!!???
Can’t have it both ways…
And also, no studies at all were enough to start jabbin’ that Bivalent Bullshit into people’s arms…
The old shots lasted, what, 3 weeks then you’re the same as no booster?
Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said the studies are small and subject to limitations. Data from larger well-controlled studies are expected in the near future, he said. Pfizer and Moderna are conducting clinical trials on the new boosters and are expected to provide data later this year.
“It is important to note that even the data from these initial small studies indicate that the bivalent vaccines are generally at least as good or better as the original vaccines in generating an immune response, particularly to BA.4/BA.5 and other newer variants,” Marks said in a statement.
Even modest increases in immune response could have positive consequences for public health, he added.
PS: The FDA never said
“ “FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions”
That was the headline the journalist used. The FDA did not say it….
What was said by the FDA was what I posted above.
And I figured that out blindfolded…
JUL 27, 2021
Staggering COVID-19 Statistic: 98% to 99% of Americans Dying are Unvaccinated
If you have decided to not get vaccinated against COVID-19, a new data analysis from The Associated Press concludes you may have a higher risk of dying compared to those who have chosen to be vaccinated.
The analysis was released in May of 2021 and looks at COVID-19 related deaths in vaccinated versus unvaccinated individuals—only .8% (150) of vaccinated people accounted for the 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May.
With this staggering statistic, Andy Slavitt, a former adviser to the Biden administration on COVID-19 suggested that 98% to 99% of the Americans dying of the coronavirus are unvaccinated.
COVID-19 vaccines have been effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated hospitalizations and deaths among nursing home residents.
What is added by this report?
In a large cohort of nursing home residents, receipt of a second mRNA COVID-19 booster dose during circulation of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants was 74% effective at 60 days against severe COVID-19–related outcomes (including hospitalization or death) and 90% against death alone compared with receipt of a single booster dose.
“We have to be careful when we get in front of the American public and try and sell this vaccine as something that’s significantly better when all the evidence we have so far doesn’t support that,” said Offit.”
“The take home lesson is the people who were in high risk groups and benefit from booster doses as we enter this late fall and early winter – those who are immunocompromised, who have high risk medical conditions, who are elderly — they should get this booster dose,” said Offit, who is not affiliated with either study.
Found this blindfolded…
It’s been sounding like those who took all those boosters are now immunocompromised.
“Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA’s independent vaccine advisory committee.”
-CNBC-
??And some jokers down vote Dr. Offit’s statement…??? ?♂️?♂️
Typical.
SMH…
” “FDA continues to encourage eligible individuals to consider receiving an updated vaccine to help protect against the currently circulating Covid-19 variants and the wave of Covid-19 that appears to be coming,” Marks said.”
I wonder if the rest of his blind followers can see “the wave of Covid-19 that appears to be coming”, (that doesn’t exist), “as well”…
Because I’m not seeing it…
Where is the evidence?
Cases are no longer even being tracked.
Now why would that be…???
So we can’t see that there is no wave?
wave of Covid-19 that appears to be coming,” Marks said.”
What wave, does the blind dipshit Marks imagine that he is seeing?
Any others seeing it?
Not me…
It’s nearly as low as its ever been, and still on a downward trajectory…
What, because it can only go up from the bottom, we should be panicking, and all jabbing ourselves like mad with an unapproved, unproven, experimental product?
I don’t think so.
That’s worse than running around in full rain gear when its 120°F outside…
Beyond unnecessary.
Stevie Wonder, if you’re out there “listening”, can you “see”,”the wave of Covid-19 that appears to be coming”, that Peter Marks is “seeing”?
Do we need to present it in Braille?
(It isn’t there either way…)
Waves are generated far out at sea..It takes awhile before we see them..
A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge.
In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant variant XBB has been rising quickly and appears to be fueling a new wave of cases in Singapore. Cases are also rising in Europe and the UK, where these variants have taken hold.
Surfs Up!
Speaking of people not seeing things….
What your failing to realize is that the FDA did not say
“ ‘FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions”
The headline said that not the FDA. Duh!
Even Stevie Wonder would have seen that…LOL
What I am not seeing is a certain blindfold meme…..
“Once you lose your credibility, you can never restore it.”
Reinhold Messner
CNN —
Flu season has ramped up early in the United States, and flu hospitalizations are worse than usual for this time of year, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It’s been more than a decade – since the H1N1 swine flu pandemic – since flu hospitalization rates have been this high at this point in the season.
The CDC estimates that there have been at least 880,000 illnesses, nearly 7,000 hospitalizations and 360 deaths from flu in the US this season. The first pediatric death in the country was reported this week.
Getting the flu shot is still the best way to protect yourself, experts say. And the best time to do it is now.
You sound like Fetterman
??,
“Getting the flu shot is still the best way to protect yourself, experts say. And the best time to do it is now.”
Experts didn’t say that…
???♂️?♂️
?⚕️?
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20221027/New-Study-Updates-Evidence-On-Rare-Blood-Clotting-Condition-After-Covid-19-Vaccination.aspx
“…this was a well-designed study that allowed comparison of available vaccines with each other, rather than with no vaccination, and the results were consistent after additional analyses, suggesting that they withstand scrutiny.”
” “To our knowledge, this is the first multinational analysis of the comparative safety of adenovirus based compared with mRNA based covid-19 vaccines,” say the authors.”
” “Although these events are very rare, absolute numbers of affected patients could become substantial owing to the large numbers of vaccine doses administered worldwide,” they warn.”
“As such, they suggest that the observed risks after adenovirus based vaccines “should be considered when planning further immunization campaigns and future vaccine development.” “
And what is your point? That the mRNA vaccines are safer than the adenovirus vaccines? Even though “very rare”? Which both vaccines lead to a much lower incidence of thrombosis than catching the disease while unprotected by vaccination?
From way back in 2012…
We were warned of a lab release of manipulated viruses way back then…
7 years later…
Apparently, it didn’t matter…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315216/
‘A Plea for Caution: Huge Risks Associated with Lab-bred Flu’
“I wish to express concern about the maintenance of laboratory strains of H5N1 influenza viruses that might be adapted for transmission among humans.”
Keywords: influenza, H5N1, pandemic, science policy
“A strain of highly pathogenic H5N1 flu has recently been modified to be transmissible among ferrets [1], which is a correlate of potential human-to-human transmission. Another group created a recombinant virus that carries the H5 hemagglutinin gene stitched into the genetic background of the 2009 pandemic flu virus and is also transmissible among ferrets [2] (Box 1). These studies have sparked a major controversy about the publication of the procedures used and the continuation of this research.”
“In terms of the risks, the worst-case scenario is a pandemic of virulent H5N1 influenza virus initiated by accidental lab release of the more aggressive strain [1]. Even if we have a vaccine by then, the first wave will hit and could kill millions, unless by pure chance the virulence of the virus attenuates very quickly. Influenza viruses have a proven track record of being able to kill millions within weeks [7], the current H5N1 viruses have shown high mortality both in birds and in the rare human cases [8], and the viruses modified in Fouchier’s lab have maintained their high virulence in the new ferret host [1]. The risk of eventual lab release is considerable (such incidents have happened in the past [9]) and increasing over time and with the number of labs that work with the virus. The potential of the modified strains to cause a human pandemic is unknown, but the whole point of the exercise was to mimic adaptation to humans: this risk is therefore quite real.”
From your link..
Viktor Müller
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PS:
NIAID has a longstanding commitment to conducting and supporting the basic research necessary to understand how influenza strains emerge, evolve, infect and cause disease (called pathogenesis) in animals and humans. Results from this research are used to inform the design of new and improved influenza vaccines, diagnostics and antiviral drugs to treat flu infection.
Influenza is challenging for scientists to study because there are hundreds of strains that are classified into four main categories: A through D, though D is not known to infect people. Influenza A virus is the group that most commonly causes illness in humans and is the source of all of the major influenza pandemics in modern history. This type can drift and shift through birds and animals, meaning it emerges with rearranged surface proteins that create different strains of the virus.
CNN —
It’s shaping up to be a severe season for respiratory syncytial virus infections – one of the worst some doctors say they can remember. But even as babies struggling to breathe fill hospital beds across the United States, there may be a light ahead: After decades of disappointment, four new RSV vaccines may be nearing review by the US Food and Drug Administration, and more than a dozen others are in testing.
There’s also hope around a promising long-acting injection designed to be given right after birth to protect infants from the virus for as long as six months. In a recent clinical trial, the antibody shot was 75% effective at heading off RSV infections that required medical attention.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/15/without-a-nasal-vaccine-the-u-s-edge-in-fighting-covid-is-on-the-line-00061930
“Though nasal and oral vaccines are being studied in the U.S., none are close to coming on the market because Congress hasn’t approved more money to support research and development. Big pharmaceutical companies are also not investing in these next-generation vaccines because they don’t see much profit potential.”
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Yep.
I’m sure there is a much larger profit potential for vaccines that don’t stop transmission…
No job security in doing it right…
But if we don’t develop a vaccine that stops transmission before our arch rivals do, we are suddenly faced with a biosecurity threat risk…
“Foreign rivals are developing vaccines that could stop transmission before the U.S., and that’s a potential biosecurity threat.”
“Biden administration officials are raising concerns that the slow pace of developing a nasal vaccine for Covid-19 in the U.S. could pose a security risk as China, Iran and Russia approve their own vaccines taken through the nose or mouth.”
“Though nasal and oral vaccines are being studied in the U.S., none are close to coming on the market because Congress hasn’t approved more money to support research and development.”
nasal vaccines are now in clinical trials. Intranasals for prevention and treatment are also in development.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=COVID-19&term=vaccine%2C+intranasal+vaccine&cntry=&state=&city=&dist=&Search=Search
Also to be taken into account is how effective the nasal vaccines are.
India, Iran, China and Russia haven’t proved their non-injectable vaccines stop transmission.
One would think that they should have learned better by now…
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3712516-cdc-director-tests-positive-for-covid-19-again-in-case-of-paxlovid-rebound/
Get ‘up to date” on vaccines and boosters, and take Paxlovid, and still get Covid not once, but get it twice…
But don’t forget what Walensky said…
“The virus isn’t stupid”…
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/10/covid-variants-antibody-treatments-immunocompromised/671929/
“And although Paxlovid has worked wonders for people in high-risk groups, one of its ingredients can screw with a long list of other drugs. McCreary has seen many patients hospitalized, she told me, because their physicians prescribed Paxlovid without properly adjusting their regular meds.”
SARS-CoV-2 placentitis may cause placental destruction and stillbirth in women not vaccinated for COVID-19.
Maternal COVID-19 vaccination also appears to reduce the rate of stillbirths that occur when the mother is infected with SARS-CoV-2.
COVID-19 vaccination not only reduces viral loads but also decreases vascular and tissue damage. Furthermore, it significantly reduces viral dissemination from the lungs to other organs.
Taken together, the study findings strongly advocate for COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women due to its potential to reduce stillbirths and placentitis.
https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20221018/SARS-CoV-2-placentitis-may-cause-placental-destruction-and-stillbirth-in-women-not-vaccinated-for-COVID-19.aspx
STOP the COVID PROPAGANDA already.
Column: ProPublica and Vanity Fair are pushing the COVID lab-leak theory, but their exposé is a train wreck.
By contrast, there is no evidence that COVID escaped from the Chinese lab — none, only innuendo and claims by data crunchers with no expertise in the relevant scientific fields.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-01/column-propublica-vanity-fair-covid-lab-leak-expose-train-wreck
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/swiss-drugs-regulator-looking-into-covid-19-booster-shot-bubbles-2022-11-02/
‘Swiss drugs regulator looking into bubbles in COVID booster vials’
“BERLIN, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Wednesday it is examining potential risks in connection with bubbles that appeared in vials of COVID-19 vaccine boosters retooled to target the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.”
“Swissmedic said it had been informed by vaccination centres of the appearance of bubbles during the preparation of the updated vaccine from Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) targeting the original version of the coronavirus and the BA.1 Omicron variant that led to a record surge in cases last winter.”
” “Vials of the batch concerned contained bubbles after being removed from the fridge,” said Swissmedic, adding that the phenomenon seems to be accentuated when the syringes were prepared several hours in advance.”
So what?
“Swissmedic had temporarily approved the booster shot in early October, but said it was too early to approve the bivalent booster targeting the currently circulating BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants in addition to the original virus, which is being used in the United States despite less available data.
A BioNTech spokesperson said Pfizer was in charge of the supply chain and distribution in Switzerland and had no further immediate comment.”
CONCLUSIONS:
The bivalent omicron-containing vaccine mRNA-1273.214 elicited neutralizing antibody responses against omicron that were superior to those with mRNA-1273, without evident safety concerns. (Funded by Moderna; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04927065
NEJM–
Background:
“The safety and immunogenicity of the bivalent omicron-containing mRNA-1273.214 booster vaccine are not known.”
“Vaccine effectiveness was not assessed in this study; in an exploratory analysis, SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred in 11 participants after the mRNA-1273.214 booster and in 9 participants after the mRNA-1273 booster.”
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“…SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred in 11 participants after the mRNA-1273.214 booster and in 9 participants after the mRNA-1273 booster.”
This does not indicate a better booster…
Quite the contrary…?♂️?♂️
mRNA-1273.214 booster, (which the US hastily rejected), not to be confused with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent, (which the US hastily approved), which, as far as I have determined, has no such unique identifying number…
They are very different…
And much, much less is known about the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent.
The study….
437 received the bivalent.
377 received the original.
As stated the studies are on going.
It’s about damn time…
…considering mandating COVID vaccination for enrollment was a stupid mistake in the first place…
At any school…
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2022/nov/2/college-redwoods-ends-covid-vaccine-mandate/
Try reading RHBB coverage about it..
https://kymkemp.com/2022/11/02/college-of-the-redwoods-removes-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/
Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine containing the Omicron variant elicited superior neutralizing antibody responses against the Omicron variant than the original vaccine, an ongoing Phase 2-3 clinical trial found.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, evaluated the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the bivalent vaccine.
“In early October, Moderna researchers published data from the clinical trial of a different bivalent booster that is tailored to the original omicron strain. That study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that a fourth shot of that bivalent vaccine produced higher levels of antibodies compared to four shots of Moderna’s original vaccine. Moderna’s bivalent vaccine against the original omicron strain, called mRNA-1273.214, is not authorized in the U.S., but has been cleared for use in numerous countries including the UK and Canada.”
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“mRNA-1273.214″…
NOT authorized for use in the US.
(Rejected for use in the US.)
Not to be confused with the Moderna Bivalent Booster that was authorized for use in the US…
The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent contain mRNA from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The mRNA in these vaccines is a specific piece of genetic material that instructs cells in the body to make the distinctive “spike” protein of the original virus strain and the omicron variant lineages BA.4 and BA.5. The spike proteins of BA.4 and BA.5 are identical.
Neither of these vaccines are the mRNA-1273.214
Any studies related to the US rejected mRNA-1273.214 do not apply, specifically,to the Moderna or Pfizer Bivalent Booster approved for US use.
mRNA-1273.222 targets both the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 as well as the BA.4/BA.5 subvariants of the Omicron strain
. Moderna’s application to the FDA is based on preclinical data for mRNA-1273.222 as well as clinical trial data from a Phase 2/3 studying mRNA-1273.214, a bivalent booster vaccine targeting the Omicron BA.1 subvariant.
In the study, mRNA-1273.214 met all primary endpoints, including superior neutralizing antibody response against Omicron (BA.1) when compared to a 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273 in previously uninfected participants, as well as potent neutralizing antibody responses against the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 compared to the currently authorized booster (mRNA-1273) regardless of prior infection status or age.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/moderna-mrna-seeks-fda-nod-162704202.html
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Amendment for an Unapproved Product
Identifying Information
Review Memorandum
https://www.fda.gov/media/161554/download
“Moderna MRNA completed the submission of a regulatory application to the FDA, which seeks Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of a 50-µg booster dose of its bivalent BA.4/BA.5 Omicron-targeting COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273.222, in individuals 18 years of age and older.
This bivalent vaccine is a combination of Spikevax (mRNA-1273), Moderna’s currently marketed COVID vaccine and a vaccine candidate targeting the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, the most prevalent variants of concern in the United States.
The filing is supported by data based on preclinical studies conducted on mRNA-1273.222 and data from the phase II/III study, which evaluated mRNA-1273.214, another bivalent candidate developed by Moderna to target the Omicron BA.1 subvariant. The phase II/III study on the Omicron BA.1 targeting vaccine has achieved all its primary endpoints. Data from the study showed that a 50-µg dose of mRNA-1273.214 generated superior antibodies against the Omicron variant in comparison to those who received a 50 µg booster dose of Spikevax. mRNA-1273.214 (irrespective of prior infection or age) also generated potent neutralizing antibody responses against the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 compared with those who received abooster dose of Spikevax.”
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The US rejected Moderna Omicron Bivalent Booster in the US is the mRNA-1273.214.
The US authorized Moderna Omicron Bivalent Booster is the mRNA-1273.222
It’s important to properly discern between these two different Moderna Omicron Bivalent Boosters.
Many people continue to confuse the two.
THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION PROVISIONALLY APPROVES MODERNA’S OMICRON-CONTAINING BIVALENT BOOSTER CANDIDATE, MRNA-1273.214, FOR AUSTRALIA
AUGUST, 30, 2022
Australia becomes among the first countries in the world to approve the use of a next-generation bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
mRNA-1273.214, an Omicron-containing bivalent vaccine, has demonstrated significantly higher antibody titers against all tested variants, including Omicron BA.1 and BA.4/5 subvariants
Moderna expects to supply mRNA-1273.214 to Australia in September