Each and every one of the vaccines against Covid-19 that are currently being inoculated have demonstrated their safety and efficacy in preventing severe disease and, therefore, contribute significantly to reducing the risk of hospital admission, ICU and death from Covid-19. A benefit that has not only been demonstrated in clinical trials involving tens of thousands of volunteers around the world, but ...
Leer Más »Dismantling the arguments of the anti-vaccines: they neither cause autism, nor do they have graphene, nor are they dangerous
They use all kinds of «arguments», they deny scientific research and tend to believe that they have the absolute truth. Throughout these months of pandemic, deniers have spread a number of hoaxes and false information against Covid-19 , its origin, contagion prevention measures and, once the vaccination campaign has begun, also against serums ...
Leer Más »Pfizer’s vaccine shows strong response and is safe in children ages 5 to 11
The companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Monday the results of a phase 2/3 trial showing a favorable safety profile and robust neutralizing antibody responses in children aged 5 to 11 years also with a two-dose regimen administered with 21 days. difference . The dose was 10ug , a lower dose than the 30 ug dose used for ...
Leer Más »Covid-19: The health professionals are not spared the fifth wave with more than 12,000 infections
The Ministry of Health publishes weekly the data of health professionals who have been infected with Covid-19 . Statistics show that although they are one of the most immunized groups, cases continue to be counted among them, as has happened with the population as a whole during the fifth wave of infections that took place in the ...
Leer Más »France to sanction unvaccinated health professionals
The Prime Minister of France , Jean Castex , has assured that health professionals who are not immunized as of September 15 , the maximum date that was set, will be sanctioned . The politician justified this decision by referring to the cases of infections that have occurred in residences in recent times. «We will not go back,» Castex ...
Leer Más »The Delta variant defeats the de-escalation plan and herd immunity
The Delta variant, detected for the first time in India, has put the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in check. «The Delta variant is more in everything»: more contagious, more viral load, it replicates faster and infects vaccinated. For this reason, experts such as Rafael Bengoa , who was the Basque Country Health Minister and adviser to the ...
Leer Más »What do we know about the mortality rate of the Delta variant?
The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.617.2, originally detected in India) is between 40-60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7, originally detected in the UK), and is it is also associated with an increased risk of hospitalization . Scientific evidence suggests that people infected with this variant have a higher viral load and that it requires a shorter ...
Leer Más »Experts Urge People Who Have Overcome COVID-19 To Get Vaccinated
The immunity that is generated against COVID-19 , whether mediated by vaccines or after managing to overcome the natural infection, continues to raise many unknowns. The most important ones focus on its duration and strength. The short period of relationship of SARS-CoV-2 with humans, means that the duration of immune ...
Leer Más »Two independent studies reveal Moderna to be more effective against Delta than Pfizer
Moderna would be more effective than Pfizer against the Delta variant. While both sera protect against Covid-19, two independent studies have shown that US serum is more effective against the predominant variant , known as Delta or Indian , than Pfizer BioNTech’s vaccine. The first study, published in medRxiv analyzed over 50,000 patients from the Mayo Clinic and ...
Leer Más »The Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women is safe and effective: «A 2×1 that protects the mother and the baby»
A few days ago, both the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias , and the Andalusian Health Minister, Jesús Aguirre , among others, called on pregnant women to be vaccinated against Covid-19 due to the increase in the number of hospital admissions due to coronavirus reported among these women. ConSalud.es has spoken with the coordinator of the Research ...
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