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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Martin Landray

      The man who leads the UK RECOVERY trials which produced incredibly useful information—including drugs that greatly reduce mortality—suggests a randomized trial of delayed dosing. Amazing how “controversies” evolve. 🤷‍♀️(Yes, we obviously should, as per first tweet in this thread.)https://twitter.com/MartinLandray/status/1353272270270181379 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Martin Landray @MartinLandray
      Looks like it’s time for a randomised trial of early vs later second dose. If start now, would have data to inform policy in Mar/Apr Might delay be better or worse? We don’t know. A large randomised trial would be very simple & very informative. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/vaccine-experts-defend-uk-decision-to-delay-second-pfizer-covid-jab?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Feb 2021

      Seems Michael Osterholm (of Biden Covid task force) calls for delaying the second dose a few months to increase coverage now. (Because I keep having to clarify: My co-authored piece called for *A TRIAL* exactly so such discussions could have better data). https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/podcasts-webinars/episode-42 …pic.twitter.com/f1AkWZjIrv

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Apr 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Atul Gawande

      Updating this thread started on December 18, 2020 with me and @michaelmina_lab proposing an immediate *trial* for delaying the booster and monitoring the results. We both caught much grief then but if we had started a trial then, we'd know for sure by now.https://twitter.com/Atul_Gawande/status/1377275975050924040 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Atul GawandeVerified account @Atul_Gawande
      As cases and hospitalizations rise again, we can't count on behavior alone reversing this course. Therefore, it's time for the Biden admin to delay 2nd vax doses to 12 weeks. Getting as many people as possible a vax dose is now urgent. https://twitter.com/Atul_Gawande/status/1376888536129998850?s=20 …
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    4. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @michaelmina_lab

      CDC guidelines already allow for a 6 week delay in doses so we should be able to do that now without issue. I don’t think we need 12 week delays - we are vaccinating fast enough to get all second doses well before then especially if we hit up against hesitancy.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @michaelmina_lab

      I know but we've even been scheduling millions of people for *three week* intervals for Pfizer (almost certainly chosen to speed up trials since anything less than four weeks is essentially unprecedented in vaccine schedules—only exception I know is Japanese Encephalitis).

      3 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
    6. Nate Silver‏Verified account @NateSilver538 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @ZoeMcLaren @michaelmina_lab

      The state-run sites in NY automatically sign you up for a second Pfizer dose *exactly* three weeks (to the minute!) later. I guess they want to streamline things (and the state-run sites are quite efficient) but they don't even check to see if you have a conflict, etc.

      7 replies 1 retweet 31 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @NateSilver538 @ZoeMcLaren @michaelmina_lab

      Yeah, many places are exactly like that. Even the CDC and the WHO—on the cautious side—say six weeks is okay (I'm putting aside everything else). I have not yet heard of a single reason beyond the obvious (speeding up trials) that the Pfizer has an unprecedentedly short interval.

      3 replies 2 retweets 29 likes
    8. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @NateSilver538 @michaelmina_lab

      If both the CDC and WHO - extremely cautious orgs - say 6 weeks is fine if delay is “unavoidable”. Then shouldn’t it be a viable option now? It buys us ~2 weeks of extra first doses immediately. (If we’re willing to cancel and reschedule.) Would do a lot of good.

      3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @NateSilver538 @michaelmina_lab

      I don't think they can reschedule existing ones (complicated) but since I called for *a trial* on all this back in December, I've talked with a large number of immunologists/vaccinologists with varying strong opinions on booster intervals. Not one said three weeks sounds ideal.

      5 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    10. Dustin Moskovitz‏Verified account @moskov 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @ZoeMcLaren and

      Do we still need a trial or can we study UK recipients now up to 12 weeks with one dose?

      2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2021
      Replying to @moskov @ZoeMcLaren and

      Recovery folks were calling for a trial. Not sure if they did start. A trial started in December would have given us solid comparisons without confounding and a way to roll this out while monitoring for negative signals. Real life data looks fine, but confounded, of course.

      8:03 PM - 3 Apr 2021
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        2. Dustin Moskovitz‏Verified account @moskov 3 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @ZoeMcLaren and

          The infection rates are confounded but why wouldn’t measuring antibody titers be sufficient evidence? Are they also confounded somehow?

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        3. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren 3 Apr 2021
          Replying to @moskov @zeynep and

          You’d need to know correlation between antibody titers and real world protection which is still unknown afaik. We don’t use antibody titers to approve vaccines we need an actual trial.

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        1. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren 3 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @moskov and

          Real world data looks amazing actually even accounting for worst case confounding bias. And we’re not suggesting one dose only, just delaying second doses for some people by a few weeks - so low risk just because of short time frame.

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        1. Fiona Conlon‏ @FionaConlon4 4 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @moskov and

          UK now has a trial going including arms comparing Pfizer and AZ at 4 vs. 12 weeks (They are calling these controls - headline 'treatment' arms mix the two vaccine types)https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-first-covid-19-alternating-dose-vaccine-study-launches-in-uk …

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