Let me ask this. We know older people need the booster more (from published data). But why we wouldn't launch a single-dose effort (randomized/blinded within) for <65 which can answer the questions about durability while immunizing millions more?https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1337078184597217281 …
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I wrote up the case for launching immediate trials to test a single-dose regime. Calling for volunteers among < 65 health-care workers for single dose and later booster seems like the minimal prudent response to this chart. We could know fairly quickly.https://zeynep.substack.com/p/vaccines-and-decision-making-with …
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Worth noting that no mRNA vaccine has ever been widely deployed for humans before. There was not a strong a priori reason to think that these vaccines would be even close to this efficacious. It was not clear that they would be protective at all.
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Consequently, when designing the trials, it would have arguably been foolish to waste statistical power on inoculation regimes likely to show borderline protective effect, given what was known at the time.
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Absolutely. Plus people were saying even a two year timeline was too optimistic. Do hoorah! On the other hand, they had this initial data months ago? If they had started then, we would already know by the time the second dose will come up. I wish we were more nimble in testing.
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I understand having the trial go for clearing the bar. I don’t understand why we are not a lot more aggressive with having more trials as quickly as possible given how much this is costing, both human and other costs.
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It would actually be interesting to see how medical ethicists might deal with such a trial at this juncture since the 2-dose schedule is now standard-of-care.
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But with a shortage! Plus rough months ahead. So we’re going to deny even the first dose to 50 million people who could otherwise get vaccinated. If we later find a single dose provides at least six months of immunity, we will be then able to calculate excess deaths. Thorny!
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