I'm feeling a deep-seated wave of relief that I never thought possible. Like waking up from a year-long nightmare. Thank God.
Thank Science! :p
Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
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#222"However, there are logistical challenges as the vaccine has to be kept in ultra-cold storage at below minus 80C." Does anyone know how many of the other vaccine candidates have this limitation? It seems to me that a vaccine with easier logistics might still end up having a bigger impact overall, despite not being the first - although that of course needs to be combined with the ease of production too (I don't know h…
COVID PCR tests waiting to be sent to a lab also need to be frozen.
Is that the nasal swab? I did one last week and dropped it in an outdoor quest logistics metal box.
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#223Why are people in the comments so interested in the reactions of stock markets? I don't understand. These are the same markets that cheer when job cuts and redundancies are announced. These are the same markets that cheer when horrible working conditions are enforced (see Tesla, Uber, Deliveroo, etc.) Why should I take the markets seriously? It's just a bunch of rich people in the end.
You should take the markets seriously if you want to make a lot of money. That’s why rich people are rich.
That and not caring who is hurt along the way and from whom their hoarded wealth was exploited.
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#224Here come the vaccine right on cue as planned. No more covid
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#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re way too late to the party. Peloton became a $30 billion company during covid. Down over 10% in premarket trading
>You’re way too late to the party. Peloton became a $30 billion company during covid. Down over 10% in premarket trading He's mocking people who are making obvious short sighted covid-based stock plays.
I thought it might be sarcastic but saw he had been downvoted, so couldn’t tell. Guess I need to sharpen my sarcasm skills
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#226Earlier quoted context omitted.
Trust. Russia and China lie through their teeth on everything and anything. It's irrelevant whether or not they are lying in this particular instance: they cannot be trusted.
As if "the West" and the US in particular don't lie left and right if it helps to promote their agenda. It's a simple matter of who aligns with whom.
Do you really perceive EU/US having the same level of independence of judges, newspapers and regulation bodies as Russia and China? Do you think that minority parties and voices are accepted to the same degree?
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#227I'm feeling a deep-seated wave of relief that I never thought possible. Like waking up from a year-long nightmare. Thank God.
It will still take a long time before a sufficient number of people have been vaccinated that life can return back to normal.
depends. If this provides spread prevention as well, then places can start opening up in about 6 months as enough locals get vaccinated as to slow the spread to the rest. On the other hand if this provides only some immunity but you are more infectious (ie the body doesn't fight the virus off, just makes it less dangerous - I don't think this is possible but....) we can't open up for years as anyone vaccinated is a risk to everyone else.
Of course there are other vaccines in development. If any other them pass trails that changes things too. we can only speculate as to how.
No matter what though, there is now a real light at the end of the tunnel.
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#228Just curious, why the reaction towards this and the ones from Russia/China are different ?
Obviously because of the geopolitical concerns and pride. Truth is the first victim as usual. The Russian vaccine was indeed registered just after the 2nd phase trials, but according to its website the 3rd phase trial has started on August 25 (one month later than for BNT162b2) and involved more than 40k people (effectively the same number). So those who claim that Russian vaccine is only on the 1/2 phase spread an o…
> So those who claim that Russian vaccine is only on the 1/2 phase spread an outright lie.
Russian vaccine was announced back in August, when it was only on phase 1/2. In contrast phase 3 Pfizer/biontech had been well under way at that time.
Russia announced a not fully tested vaccine, proudly called it "Sputnik V". The exact words Putin used when announced it was: "As far as I know, a vaccine against a new coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first time in the world". So geopolitical concerns and pride are correct assessment. No wonder it drew skepticism.
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#229Why are people in the comments so interested in the reactions of stock markets? I don't understand. These are the same markets that cheer when job cuts and redundancies are announced. These are the same markets that cheer when horrible working conditions are enforced (see Tesla, Uber, Deliveroo, etc.) Why should I take the markets seriously? It's just a bunch of rich people in the end.
> It's just a bunch of rich people in the end.
The election is over. You can stop peddling bs.
Thus far in 2020, Gallup finds 55% of Americans reporting that they own stock, based on polls conducted in March and April. This is identical to the average 55% recorded in 2019 and similar to the average of 54% Gallup has measured since 2010.
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#230Why are people in the comments so interested in the reactions of stock markets? I don't understand. These are the same markets that cheer when job cuts and redundancies are announced. These are the same markets that cheer when horrible working conditions are enforced (see Tesla, Uber, Deliveroo, etc.) Why should I take the markets seriously? It's just a bunch of rich people in the end.
I don’t know if you’re aware but HN is a site run by venture capitalists and is mostly used by developers making north of $200k in silicon valley.
There actually used to be a lot more posts about the stock market than there are now. So I guess there’s a little more diversity now.