Grim news, but not unexpected. Vaccines are not going to save us—at least not in the near future. We need to figure out how to live with the virus without losing our minds.https://twitter.com/joshnathankazis/status/1353808841931108353 …
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Replying to @lisang
The article doesn't make sense, though. Merck, yeah, that sucks but the Moderna news isn't grim whatsoever and in reality, the vaccines we do have are unexpectedly huge home runs.
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@zeynep, thanks, and could we also get your take on this FT article? Angst-inducing and perhaps overly-pessimistic, but still sounds rigorous enough to a non-expert like me. Thanks for helping us cut through the noise as always!https://www.ft.com/content/17c44c96-39f2-4ada-badd-d65815b0a521 …1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @francois20009 @lisang
Lost me at "We do not yet know if the vaccines curb transmission" even with the qualifier, and totally went over the edge with the "antibodies gradually decline" as "warning." Really need a new kind of expertise to write this stuff.
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Thanks a lot, Zeynep. May your bow and arrow protect us from bad takes always!
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I think arguing for suppression is a reasonable discussion, but the moment you get into "antibodies wane" and transmission as something we don't know, even with a qualifier, we aren't on the ground we should be on.
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