Correction
58-year old immunocompetent male
Immunocompromised
Severe reinfection with South African SARS-CoV-2 variant 501Y.V2: A case report
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab129/6132402
Antibody-dependent enhancement
Also
Convergent evolution
Coevolution
htttps://vaers.hhs.gov
https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html
December 14, 2020, to February 7, 2021
Over 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the United States
VAERS received 1,170 reports of death (0.003%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine
CDC and FDA physicians review each case report of death as soon as notified
CDC requests medical records to further assess reports
A review of available clinical information
Death certificates
Autopsy reports
Medical records
Revealed no link with vaccination
CDC and FDA will continue to investigate reports of adverse events, including deaths, reported to VAERS.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.
Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines, and these vaccines will undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history.
CDC recommends you get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you are eligible.
CDC, FDA, and other federal partners will continue to monitor the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines
Coronavirus vaccine – weekly summary of yellow card reporting
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting#analysis-of-data
Vaccination is the single most effective way to reduce deaths and severe illness from COVID-19.
The number and nature of suspected adverse reactions reported so far are not unusual in comparison to other types of routinely used vaccines
The overall safety experience with both vaccines is so far as expected from the clinical trials
Based on current experience, the expected benefits of both COVID-19 vaccines in preventing COVID-19 and its serious complications far outweigh any known side effects
As with all vaccines and medicines, the safety of COVID-19 vaccines is being continuously monitored
Events with a fatal outcome
Based on age-stratified all-cause mortality in England and Wales
Several thousand deaths are expected to have occurred,
naturally,
within 7 days
of the many millions of doses of vaccines administered so far
MHRA
Pfizer/BioNTech
143 UK reports, patient died shortly after vaccination
Oxford University/AstraZeneca
90 reports of deaths
Majority in elderly, underlying illness
Review of individual reports, does not suggest the vaccine played a role in the death
Australia vaccination
Scott Morrison, 80,000 people a week from the end of February
Greg Hunt, 1 million doses a week from the end of March
Population, 26 million
Pfizer approved last month
Allowed to leave Europe
20 million doses
142,000 doses landed on Monday, starting next Monday, 22nd February
Border Force officers, hotel quarantine workers, Aged Care residents and workers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-16/coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccine-approved-for-use-in-australia/13115784
Approved Oxford AstraZeneca
Secured 53.8 million doses
Produced in Melbourne (50 million)
Vaccine most Australians will get
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Approved for use over 18 years
People over the age of 65 demonstrated a strong immune response
Over 65s, case-by-case basis
No upper age limit
Two does, 12 weeks apart, minimum 4 weeks
Five priority groups
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-05/when-will-you-get-the-covid-19-vaccine/13112610
Green passports
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