That makes sense. The US is doing its best to be anti-science. We're so cooked, friend.
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Of course.
Goddamnit, Donald.
US has a sewage goblin for its top health official... So that's not surprising.
The US won’t even look at mRNA vaccines anymore.
I don’t need a flu or a COVID vaccine if I die of measles first!
Anyone actually surprized by this? The US is currently heading backwards on so many fronts, they are basically a country-sized time machine heading back to the "better" times when gay people were just killed, women had no rights, and black people were slaves.
I am so glad they specified "not US", I almost thought that by "Europe" they actually meant "US"
As an American I appreciate the friendly, and unfriendly, reminders that we not only dropped the ball, we walked away from it.
It makes sense as they want to emphacise an American company is late in their home market where they can charge more per shot.
Anyone know much about the efficacy of the flu part of it? Says it's more effective than existing ones but is this the revolutionary flu shot that takes us out of the yearly flu vaccine rat race or not that far yet?
Is the "revolutionary flu shot" even feasible at the moment?
From the little I understand about the topic, our hopes of getting rid of the flu are pretty much none until vaccines for the constantly adapting flu virus are very cheap and very quick to develop/deploy. Until then, the virus will simply adapt to the old vaccines quicker than we can counter it.
I thought there was an effort to target a not-so-easy to change part of the virus. Maybe I've been dreaming. Either way the yearly shot, mRNA or otherwise is much more profitable so a one-and-done vaccine won't appear out of Moderna of Pfizer, that's for sure.
the flu basically has one of the highest mutation rate, only HIV is higher. they do it in 3 parts, antigenic shift, genetic drift, and recombination, the last one makes it more dangerous, they can recombine with more than 1 different strain to make a new one, that was the case with h1n1.
It works as well as existing flu shots, which rely of an educated guess on which flu strain will hit NA in the fall. This dual vaccine is just convenient.
Anyone know much about the efficacy of the flu part of it?
A full cohort study would have to be made to attest to that. But guessing from the efficacies of the corona vax, probably not a drastic difference.
is this the revolutionary flu shot that takes us out of the yearly flu vaccine rat race or not that far yet?
Not a chance. As the flu virus mutates every so often, new vaccines will have to be made to adapt to the current epidemiology. It is a circular race.
So Americans are getting two jabs still instead of one?
Why even bother mentioning the US in the headline? They're irrelevant.
It's a good to keep mentioning when the US does stuff like this as a warning of how quickly a corrupt country can implode.
I assume because of all the "warp speed" stuff and Moderna getting big from it during covid, in the us at least.
Humanity will find the cure for cancer and conspiracy theorists will oppose it referencing the plot of Deus Ex
American approval of RaccoonPeen™ is imminent.
Ask your doctor if RaccoonPeen™ is right for you.
Please come to Canada. I hate getting needles. I do it, but this would make things so much easier than 2 shots
And there was much rejoicing.
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