Might be the difference between effectiveness against the strains they were designed for, and effectiveness against whichever strain ends up being dominant in the year they were administered.
Some years they totally blow it. I worked with a guy who didn’t get it, one year his Doctor was really on his case about it and he replied “you and I both know they’re just guessing at it” and his Doc relented.
The influenza virus (orthomyxovirus) is a bit different structurally than coronavirus. The flu virus has segmented RNA and so it’s constantly producing new potent strains. Scientists and doctors are essentially making an educated guess when determining what will be the most common strains during flu season.
Coronavirus doesn’t have this segmentation- it’s just a regular RNA virus.
Also, if I'm understanding this correctly, they only had 94 cases of Covid, out of a study group of 44000 people?! Maybe this is normal for vaccine trials, but it seems like an extremely low number of people from which to draw such important conclusions.
The fking flu virus only has an 75-80% effective rate. THESE VACCINES ARE AT 95%!!!!!!!
Flu shot efficiency is around 30% to my knowledge, where did you hear 80%?
You are mostly correct- cdc says 40-60%. Thanks
I recently heard it on the Dan Bongino show. I trust his analysis but, I will now verify!
Might be the difference between effectiveness against the strains they were designed for, and effectiveness against whichever strain ends up being dominant in the year they were administered.
Some years they totally blow it. I worked with a guy who didn’t get it, one year his Doctor was really on his case about it and he replied “you and I both know they’re just guessing at it” and his Doc relented.
The influenza virus (orthomyxovirus) is a bit different structurally than coronavirus. The flu virus has segmented RNA and so it’s constantly producing new potent strains. Scientists and doctors are essentially making an educated guess when determining what will be the most common strains during flu season.
Coronavirus doesn’t have this segmentation- it’s just a regular RNA virus.
Exactly. Flu mutates a lot more than corona. So flu vaccines need to be updated a lot more than corona.
HIV mutates constantly, that's why they can't make a vaccine for it.
That said, there's already 4+ strains of covid kicking around, so don't expect that 95% number to last.
They will push out the COVID-21 soon though, a man made mutation
They’re going to say it mutated because we didn’t reduce our carbon emissions enough. Or because someone cut down a tree.
Especially considering I have yet to see any evidence that they have isolated this particular virus.
Effectiveness and efficacy are two different things. How these vaccines work in the real world is yet to be seen. Here's one article with a lot of interesting comments: https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4347/rapid-responses
Also, if I'm understanding this correctly, they only had 94 cases of Covid, out of a study group of 44000 people?! Maybe this is normal for vaccine trials, but it seems like an extremely low number of people from which to draw such important conclusions.
Yeah it's ridiculous...my only concern is seeing my 90+ old grandma, who even if I give her a cold or normal flu would just be terrible.