Pfizer, Moderna testing COVID-19 vaccines against new UK strain

[PeteS in CA]

Pfizer, Moderna testing COVID-19 vaccines against new UK strain

https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/pfizer-moderna-testing-covid-19-vaccines-against-new-strain/

Pfizer and Moderna, the two companies whose COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out in the US, are testing their jabs to see if they are effective against the new strain spreading across the UK and other countries, according to a report.

“Based on the data to date, we expect that the Moderna vaccine-induced immunity would be protective against the variants recently described in the UK,” Moderna said in a statement, CNN reported.

“We will be performing additional tests in the coming weeks to confirm this expectation,” it added.

Pfizer said it is “generating data” on how well blood samples from people immunized with its shot “may be able to neutralize the new strain from the UK,” according to the network.

Both companies said they’ve found that their vaccines worked against other variations of the novel coronavirus.

[rustynail]

The source behind the claim that a new COVID-19 strain in the UK is 70% more transmissible, Dr. Erik Volz, admits that the model that produced that statistic is flawed and that it is “too early to tell” if the strain is more easily spread.

https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/flawed-data-model-from-imperial-college-blame-for-latest-uk-lockdown/

[PeteS in CA]

Viruses mutate relatively easily. For example, it became known that early SARS-CoV-2 cases in the West Coast had probably come straight from China, while early SARS-CoV-2 cases in NY apparently came via Italy. This could be discerned via minor mutations peculiar to each sub-sub-...-sub-strain.

[catfish1957]

The source behind the claim that a new COVID-19 strain in the UK is 70% more transmissible, Dr. Erik Volz, admits that the model that produced that statistic is flawed and that it is “too early to tell” if the strain is more easily spread.

https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/flawed-data-model-from-imperial-college-blame-for-latest-uk-lockdown/

Leave it to the MSM to hype the hysteria before all the facts are in.

[GtHawk]

Leave it to the MSM to hype the hysteria before all the facts are in.

Not just the media, it appears this doctor jumped the gun and stoked fear, no doubt with primary reason being Attention Whore.